Lassie and The Shabby Sheik
Just finished reading "Lassie and The Shabby Sheik," written by George S. Elrick and published by Whitman as the 27th title in it's 2000 series of Big Little Books published in hardcover back in 1968.
Now a cautionary tale - while I collect Big Little Books, I rarely read any of them unless I can find a reading copy from the 2000 series because these are the last of the "Modern Era" Big Little Books published and released by Whitman.
When I read and published my review of the "Tom and Jerry Meet Mister Fingers" Big Little Book a few years back here on Facebook, Goodreads, and other social media sites, I was promptly banned from the Big Little Book Club of America and my membership was revoked. Keep in mind that any version of a Big Little Book I read will be in good-to-fair condition. I was never told the reason why my membership was revoked, so I can only assume it was because I dared to actually read a Big Little Book. Okay, so I now save $20 a year.
I found my reading copy of "Lassie and The Shabby Sheik" at Chamblins Book Mine - the best bookstore here in Florida and the entire Eastern Seaboard.
Lassie is in Australia with her master Forest Ranger Corey Stuart who is working on helping with a land management project in the land down under as part of a joint Australian/U.S. project designed to build ties and improve wildlife management in the region.
Stuart and Lassie are soon joined in their mission by Police Sergeant Woomboro, who is an aborigine. They soon run into ranchers who had been robbed by the Shabby Sheik - a two-bit criminal who garnered that nickname because he wears a sloppy turban.
In a bid to protect Corey and Woomboro from a Dingo, Lassie soon gets lost in a sandstorm and runs afoul of the Shabby Sheik who wants to kill her and almost succeeds in doing so..
George S. Elrick wrote several Big Little Books in Whitman's 2000 series and here he wrote a rather gripping tale that still holds up despite the passage of time.
Strongly Recommended
Ten Stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Lassie-Shabby-...
Now a cautionary tale - while I collect Big Little Books, I rarely read any of them unless I can find a reading copy from the 2000 series because these are the last of the "Modern Era" Big Little Books published and released by Whitman.
When I read and published my review of the "Tom and Jerry Meet Mister Fingers" Big Little Book a few years back here on Facebook, Goodreads, and other social media sites, I was promptly banned from the Big Little Book Club of America and my membership was revoked. Keep in mind that any version of a Big Little Book I read will be in good-to-fair condition. I was never told the reason why my membership was revoked, so I can only assume it was because I dared to actually read a Big Little Book. Okay, so I now save $20 a year.
I found my reading copy of "Lassie and The Shabby Sheik" at Chamblins Book Mine - the best bookstore here in Florida and the entire Eastern Seaboard.
Lassie is in Australia with her master Forest Ranger Corey Stuart who is working on helping with a land management project in the land down under as part of a joint Australian/U.S. project designed to build ties and improve wildlife management in the region.
Stuart and Lassie are soon joined in their mission by Police Sergeant Woomboro, who is an aborigine. They soon run into ranchers who had been robbed by the Shabby Sheik - a two-bit criminal who garnered that nickname because he wears a sloppy turban.
In a bid to protect Corey and Woomboro from a Dingo, Lassie soon gets lost in a sandstorm and runs afoul of the Shabby Sheik who wants to kill her and almost succeeds in doing so..
George S. Elrick wrote several Big Little Books in Whitman's 2000 series and here he wrote a rather gripping tale that still holds up despite the passage of time.
Strongly Recommended
Ten Stars.
https://www.amazon.com/Lassie-Shabby-...
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