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The Dirty Cowboy
by
Amy Timberlake (Goodreads Author),
Adam Rex (Goodreads Author)
This ol’ boy needs a bath!
After he finds a tumbleweed in his chaps and the numerous bugs buzzing around him affect his hearing, the cowboy decides it’s time to head to the river. Once there, he peels off all his clothes and tells his trusty old dog to guard them against strangers. He takes a refreshing bath and emerges clean as corn – but so fresh-smelling that his dog doe...more
After he finds a tumbleweed in his chaps and the numerous bugs buzzing around him affect his hearing, the cowboy decides it’s time to head to the river. Once there, he peels off all his clothes and tells his trusty old dog to guard them against strangers. He takes a refreshing bath and emerges clean as corn – but so fresh-smelling that his dog doe...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
August 8th 2003
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
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Funny, clever...laugh-out-loud. A perfect blend of picture and words. Both enhance the other. On the surface, a cowboy takes his annual bath in the river and has to wrestle his dog for his clothes. But, under the surface is some tasty writing ("A flurry of flies flocked round his body buzzing so persistently that he experienced a distinct loss of hearing in his left ear...where was that sweaty, wild-boar-like smell that clung to the cowboy like a second pair of clothes...if a cowboy didn't smell...more
This was another book I picked up because I love Adam Rex's illustrations. Thankfully the story and illustrations in this book were awesome. It is so much fun to do in a southern accent (not saying all cowboys are from the South, but it works in this case). The book is about a cowboy that lives on his own with a horse and dog (really a wolf). He decides one day to take a bath. It's the detailed drawing that kill me in the book, from the "cowboy's hair housing thirty-two fleas and a small gray sp...more
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When bugs start setting up camp in and around his body, a cowboy hitches up his horse and rides down to the river with his dog who is instructed to watch the cowboy's clothes while he bathes. But problems arise when the dog, no longer finding his owner's scent familiar, doesn't allow the cowboy his clothes back.
The writing is full of humor and lush sensory details and the illustrations are hilarious, beautiful, and endearing at the same time.
Which is why it angers me so...more
When bugs start setting up camp in and around his body, a cowboy hitches up his horse and rides down to the river with his dog who is instructed to watch the cowboy's clothes while he bathes. But problems arise when the dog, no longer finding his owner's scent familiar, doesn't allow the cowboy his clothes back.
The writing is full of humor and lush sensory details and the illustrations are hilarious, beautiful, and endearing at the same time.
Which is why it angers me so...more
Howdy folks. If cowboy lingo is your specialty then have fun with thisin' here book. If it sours your milk then you might wanna skip it, but be warned of the illustrations! Luckily I flipped through the pages before reading this to first graders because they would not be able to handle the pictures (or I would not be able to handle them - depends how you look at it) as a read aloud. Basically the cowboy takes a bath and the dog he asks to guard his clothes won't give them back after he's clean....more
This was a fun and well-illustrated children's book.
I felt encouraged to read it and curious about it when I read somewhere that this book was BANNED in certain places here in America (Pennsylvania?)
WTF??? Is WRONG with people???
Seriously the whole Christian SHAME for one's naked body thing is completely WHACK!
If SHAME of your own body is one of the values that you take away from Christianity then you are letting the Wrong people interpret it for you!
(Here I am revealing my Own biases and assump...more
I felt encouraged to read it and curious about it when I read somewhere that this book was BANNED in certain places here in America (Pennsylvania?)
WTF??? Is WRONG with people???
Seriously the whole Christian SHAME for one's naked body thing is completely WHACK!
If SHAME of your own body is one of the values that you take away from Christianity then you are letting the Wrong people interpret it for you!
(Here I am revealing my Own biases and assump...more
You'll see that I rarely read children's books. I don't have any children of my own so there's no need. The few I have read were read because the book was written by an adult writer I admire or it has some sort of LGBT slant.
I wanted to read this book because it was banned by the Annville-Cleona school board located in Pennsylvania. I'm amazed at what gets people all riled up, riled up enough to ban this award winning book.
The book is about a cowboy that is in need of a bath. He takes a bath bu...more
I wanted to read this book because it was banned by the Annville-Cleona school board located in Pennsylvania. I'm amazed at what gets people all riled up, riled up enough to ban this award winning book.
The book is about a cowboy that is in need of a bath. He takes a bath bu...more
Well, I guess I read a banned book to my son tonight.
Yup, this book has been banned.
There's an article here.
A news story here.
And an interview with the author here.
I thought it was a cute story...with great art by Adam Rex.
Banned? Good grief. Everyone should take a bath at least once a year...whether they need it or not.
Yup, this book has been banned.
There's an article here.
A news story here.
And an interview with the author here.
I thought it was a cute story...with great art by Adam Rex.
Banned? Good grief. Everyone should take a bath at least once a year...whether they need it or not.
4/3/13 ** I requested this book from the library because I'd seen it on a "most challenged" list. Apparently, some have trouble with the nudity - of course, the premise is that the cowboy can't get his clothes back from his dog after he took a bath. The illustrations are very clever, with key body parts covered by the dog's tail, ears, dust whirlwinds, etc.
What really drew me to the book though is the prose. Amy Timberlake must have worked many hours on choosing just the right words. This would...more
What really drew me to the book though is the prose. Amy Timberlake must have worked many hours on choosing just the right words. This would...more
I picked this up after a book challenge in North Carolina. While the story is really good, the style of the illustrations is really freaky. The parents of the school had a problem with the content of the illustrations. First of all it's about a cowboy taking a bath, I don't know if there is a way to take a bath without removing clothing. Secondly it's a tall tale and therefor fiction, so get over it people.
The illustrations are hard to explain. The color choices and angles give them an erie fee...more
The illustrations are hard to explain. The color choices and angles give them an erie fee...more
A cleverly written and illustrated story about a cowboy whose filth level eventually triggers the need for a bath. he instructs his faithful dog to guard his clothes while he bathes in the river, but when he returns for them the dog doesn't recognize him- no trail smells! The ensuing battle for the clothes restores sufficient natural odors to allow recognition, but by then the clothes are ripped to shreds. Boots and hat are his only garb on the trip home.
The intricate language and visual detail...more
The intricate language and visual detail...more
As the Cowboy is getting ready for his annual bath, he tells his dog to guard his clothes. But when he comes out of the river smelling clean, the dog doesn't recognize him. This leads to a donnybrook over the clothes the likes of which you have never seen.
This is a clever, funny book by Amy Timberlake. Boys will especially love the concept, drawings and all. And despite what certain moral minorities might say about banning this book, there is no full nudity in it. In fact, the clever ways in whi...more
This is a clever, funny book by Amy Timberlake. Boys will especially love the concept, drawings and all. And despite what certain moral minorities might say about banning this book, there is no full nudity in it. In fact, the clever ways in whi...more
Apparently, some mother tried to get this book banned because the dirty cowboy gets naked to take a bath. At no time can you see anything ban-inducing. The cowboy is always covered up by a judiciously placed bunny, frog, dog's tail or other item. I think kids will get a kick out of this slightly naughty book without being exposed to any of the naughty bits. Only two stars because the illustrations just didn't do it for me. I want my cowboys to look like Clint Eastwood, not Howdy Doody.
I remember hearing about this book on Brain Burps about Books, the podcast by Katie Davis.
When I saw it in the bookstore, I just HAD to read it for myself!
I love the story and the language.
It's fun to say aloud! (I was whispering the story to myself so I wouldn't be kicked out for being too loud!)
And the story is so fun as well.
And finding ways to keep a cowboy naked but covered up is difficult, but the illustrations are amazing!
This book is REALLY fun!
When I saw it in the bookstore, I just HAD to read it for myself!
I love the story and the language.
It's fun to say aloud! (I was whispering the story to myself so I wouldn't be kicked out for being too loud!)
And the story is so fun as well.
And finding ways to keep a cowboy naked but covered up is difficult, but the illustrations are amazing!
This book is REALLY fun!
I love this! I bought a copy because some narrow-minded people in Annville, PA, were offended by the illustrations and felt that since they were offended no children in their school district should have access to the book. And the equally narrow-minded school board agreed.
The book is hilarious and I plan to read it with my grandson...the illustrations are fabulous and totally appropriate: no exposed genitals or butt cracks!!
The book is hilarious and I plan to read it with my grandson...the illustrations are fabulous and totally appropriate: no exposed genitals or butt cracks!!
Clever story about a cowboy who sets out to take his yearly bath but finds out that his faithful fido doesn't recognize him in his newly-cleansed state. Consequences ensue. The story is clever, but the illustrations are the best part of this picture book as artist Adam Rex employs a variety of items found in and around the New Mexico desert setting to hide the naughty bits. My only issue: a rather weak ending.
I heard about the recent attempt to ban this book from a children's library, and wanted to see what the fuss was about. This is a silly tale about a cowboy's annual bath and what happens after, when his own dog doesn't recognize him. The complaining mother is correct in that the cowboy is nude in much of this tale, but child readers would see no more of the human body than the average doll reveals.
Hilarious. Just hilarious. Especially for little boys who just love to be naked. The dirty cowboy takes a bath and, when his dog doesn't recognize him and continues guarding the cowboy's clothes, the cowboy is forced to fight for his clothes.... Thus he spends most of the book naked a jaybird, to no end of amusement from the peanut gallery (amazing illustrations are also amazingly discreet).
What a hoot! The dirty cowboy rides off to the river to get himself a bath. When he comes clean his dog, guarding the clothes, doesn't recognize his owner and the battle ensues. Of course the cowboy dude is naked which is why the book banners are in persuit. For the book banners, what illustrator Adam Rex leaves to the imagine, is front and center.
I am in love with The Dirty Cowboy! Wow! Hysterical, beautiful, and endearing, The Dirty Cowboy was fun and engaging! I'll surely be buying this for all the little beasts and monsters in my life-those who will take a bath and those who refuse!
Thank you Amy Timberlake & Adam Rex for a sure to be classic (even though some crazy people want it banned!).
Thank you Amy Timberlake & Adam Rex for a sure to be classic (even though some crazy people want it banned!).
This book is a story about a cowboy in need of a bath, who indeed, cleans himself up but his dog doesn't recognize him without his familiar scent, and won't let him near his clothes on the river bank. This book has garnered recent attention as attempts have been made to ban it (! -who does that anymore?). After reading about that, I had to read it.
I made a point of reading this picture book after I'd heard it was on a banned book list somewhere. What? This is a hilarious story of a cowboy who rides his horse a long ways to take a bath, only to find his over-protective dog doesn't recognize his clean self, and . . . A very cute book with great illustrations! Find a copy and share it.
Really enjoyed reading this book but throughout the whole book I was thinking of other books that also could be challenged. This is a book that had some contentious issues lately with a parent challenging it due to nudity- really, it's not bad in the long run. Especially compared with In the Night Kitchen...
This was cute, the story was a long winded but cute. I can't see why this book is deemed so offensive just because the cowboy is naked (nothing is ever shown thanks to the great artwork of Adam Rex). This is one of those challenged books that I just had to look at and I am glad I did. Fun story.
I liked this book; I thought it was cute, and funny, and clever. The target audience, however, did not. My niece couldn't figure out why a person would fail to bathe in a year's time, and my nephew was bored and just whined through the whole book. I really expected the kids to at least giggle, but that just never happened.
The pictures in this one were nicely done--I especially enjoyed the colors and found it very evocative of the Southwest. *I* think this is more than a two-star book, but when...more
The pictures in this one were nicely done--I especially enjoyed the colors and found it very evocative of the Southwest. *I* think this is more than a two-star book, but when...more
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When a cowboy finally decides it's time for his yearly bath he strips down and demands of his dog not to let anyone touch his clothes. The dog is obedient and does not let anyone he doesn't recognize take the clothes, but that causes problems for the cowboy.
What I really liked was Adam Rex's illustrations. Outstanding! Guess that's one thing I don't have in common with a Pennsylvania school district: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/s...
Very humorous. Timberlake's descriptions are vivid and enjoyable and Rex's illustration are hilarious. It is, however, way too wordy to make a solid picture book. Those great descriptions needed to be pared in half or to a third.
I really liked this mostly because it was so well illustrated. I loved the expressiveness of the characters and the story was silly fun like the old Steven Kellogg tall tales. I really liked this all the way through.
Telling his faithful dog to make sure nobody touches his clothes but him, a cowboy jumps into a New Mexico river for a bath, not realizing just how much the scrubbing will change his scent.
A very funny book about a cowboy who takes a much-needed bath and instructs his dog not to allow anyone, under any circumstances, to take his clothes. The illustrations are delightfully naughty.
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Amy Timberlake's newest book, One Came Home, has been called "a True Grit for the middle school set" (Bookpage), "a valentine to sisterhood and a bird that no longer exists" (The Washington Post), and "a rare gem of a novel" (The Christian Science Monitor). It's also a 2013 Junior Library Guild pick, and it's been awarded starred reviews by Kirkus, The Horn Book, School Library Journal and The Bul...more
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Why on earth would this book be banned. It's a really cute story.
May 18, 2012 07:25am