As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(2)
K-3
In this economically told fable set in the Wild West, Sheriff John has always attributed his talent for keeping the peace to his ten-gallon beauty. But one night, he unknowingly dons one of his wife Lil's hats. Readers will laugh to see the manly sheriff fighting crime while sporting a fancy straw bonnet. Rumford's congenial, color-saturated paintings show our smiling hero.