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Ketteman, Helen

There Once Was a Cowpoke Who Swallowed an Ant

32 pp. | Whitman | March, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8075-7850-6 $16.99
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Will Terry. This cumulative story, told in nonsensical verse, parodies the classic song "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly." The narrative is populated with western animals, including a roadrunner, lizard, snake, "'dillo," longhorn, and horse. Young children will enjoy the comical art and the repetitive, singsongy rhymes, but they will undoubtedly be puzzled as to how the cowpoke swallows himself.
Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

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