Hank the Cowdog - Every Dog Has His day

Review: It's time for the big cattle drive, which means big responsibility for Hank. Meanwhile, what's Benny the cowdog doing on the ranch? Hank's got to find out quick--before he loses his spot as top dog. USA Today calls the hilarious Hank the Cowdog series "...the best family entertainment in years." Hank is a scruffy, smart-alecky supersleuth with a nose for danger and an eye for the ladies. And as Head of Ranch Security on a West Texas ranch, he's usually up to his ears in all kinds of amusing trouble. Whether he's called upon to bark up the sun, investigate suspicious goings-on, or defend the ranch against marauders, Hank's hilarious, hair-raising adventures will delight readers young and old alike. http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/e/john-r-erickson/every-dog-has-his-day.htm

Poor Hank, I feel so sorry for him. He just got ousted by a blue blood border collie. He has been banished from the cattle drive and tied to a post. Not mention, all of this happened in front of the beautiful beagle, Miss Scamper. Hank has to get himself out of the doghouse and back into the good graces of High Loper and Slim. Read the book to find out how he does it!

The students today had a great time carving their branding irons out of potatoes to get ready for the big round up. We branded paper cows with our potato stamp brands. The students designed their own brands so that everyone would know whose cows they were in case they got out of the paper pen. We had lots of fun! We read our books and left poor Hank tied to the hitching post.

(Teachers: We watched a video on cowboys and ranch life on United Streaming before we started reading the books to frontload the students. We knew that they had no background knowledge of that lifestyle. It really helped. Creating the stamp brands helped them to understand how ranchers were able to tell their cows from other people's. They really had a good time. They did require some help with figuring out how to cut away the potato so that their design would be raised to make the print. Plastic knives worked great!)

We're riding out on the next doggie.....yeee haaaaa!!! Until we meet again on the lone prairie,
Donna Smith and cowhands