This clever celebration of words and their meanings features a strong
cowgirl who wrangles words alongside cattle.
Lexie is the best wrangler west of the Mississippi--word wrangler, that
is. She watches over baby letters while they grow into words and ties
shorter words together into longer ones; she herds words into sentences,
hitches sentences together, and pens them all in to tell a story. But
lately, something seems off at the ranch. First the d goes missing
from her bandana, leaving her with a banana to tie around her neck,
and soon afterward every S-T-A-R in the sky turns into R-A-T-S.
There's no doubt about it--there's a word rustler causing this ruckus,
and Lexie plans to track him down . . . even if it means riding her
horse through the sticky icing of a desert that's suddenly become a
giant dessert.
This fantastic spin on "cowboy" stories populates Lexie's ranch with
lively letters and words, alongside the typical cattle and horses, and
stars a smart, confident, charismatic heroine. Rebecca Van Slyke's
creative, silly wordplay pairs perfectly with Jessie Hartland's lively
illustrations, and there's even a glossary of helpful terms for
up-and-coming word wranglers.