Children's Nonfiction Equestrian
Rodeo Roundup
- Publisher
- Dragon Hill Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Jul 2017
- Category
- Equestrian, Farm & Ranch Life
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 3
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896124636
- Publish Date
- Jul 2017
- List Price
- $6.99 USD
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Description
Rodeo is one of the most exciting contests in the world. From bull riding to chuckwagon racing, discover what makes a rodeo so thrilling and what it takes to be a rodeo cowboy: • Steer wrestling, or bulldogging, is a very fast event where cowboys try to wrestle a steer to the ground in less than 7 seconds • A saddle bronc rider must stay on the bucking horse for 8 seconds, holding the reins with one hand and keeping the other hand high in the air • In team roping two cowboys, the header and the heeler, work together to rope a steer’s head and back legs • The rodeo clown has the most dangerous job of all; he tries to distract the bull after a rider has been bucked off • In barrel racing a horse and rider gets a no-time score if they knock over a barrel or make a mistake running the pattern • Mutton busting is an event where kids aged 4 to 7 try to ride a sheep • Chuckwagon racing is one of the most thrilling rodeo events; the chuckwagon and the outriders have to race around barrels in a figure 8 without knocking them over.
About the authors
Wendy Pirk has been an animal lover for as long as she can remember. As a child, she dreamed of being a veterinarian but decided instead to pursue a degree in Ecological Anthropology. She is a serious environmentalist and has worked for the Western Canada Wilderness Committee. She is currently a writer and editor and has several books about animals to her credit. Wendy has a two dog and two cat family…oh, and kids as well. She solemnly swears that she has never, nor will she ever dress a dog in a frilly pink tutu. But she lives in a winter city, so maybe doggie coats and booties?? And one of the dogs is handicapped, so he has a wheelchair. But that’s it. Really. She would also like to own a sheep to mow her lawn so she doesn’t have to…well, she’d actually like to have a whole herd of sheep to rent out to her friends and neighbors! And maybe a donkey, too, because they’re so cute!
