Charlotte Award
2016 · Primary (Pre-K/2nd) · Nominee
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Cowpoke Clyde's house was completely clean—he'd even shooed off the horseflies: "Then right behind his cookin' pot, / he spied one thing he'd plumb forgot: / ol' Dawg, his faithful, snorin' friend, / all caked with mud from end to end." Needless to say, Dawg wakes up and runs. The chase that follows—with page-turn surprises—makes for a hilarious shaggy-dog story involving fleas, a hog, bribery, cats, deception, and a mule. The rhyming stanzas are pitch-perfect, Texas-style, and plumb near cry out to be read aloud. Austin's expressive acrylic and colored-pencil caricatures of Cowpoke Clyde and his menagerie are priceless. A storytime shoo-in!
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Young Hoosier Book Award
2016 · Picture Book · Nominee
Ladybug Picture Book Award
2014 · Children's Picture · Nominee
South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award
2014 · Picture Book · Nominee
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