Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time

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Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time
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Title page for Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time
Author James Cloyd Bowman
Illustrator Laura Bannon
LanguageEnglish
Genre Children's literature
Publisher Whitman
Publication date
 1937
Publication placeUnited States

Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time is a 1937 children's biography of American folk hero Pecos Bill written by James Cloyd Bowman and illustrated by Laura Bannon. Bill, raised by coyotes, has various supernatural powers, including the ability to talk to animals, and becomes a spectacularly successful cowboy. [1]

Reception

The novel was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1938, losing out to Kate Seredy's The White Stag by one vote. [2] [3] , New York Herald Tribune Honor book, [3] and a Junior Library Guild selection. [3] Kirkus Reviews called the book "fun reading". [4]

References

  1. ↑ The Newbery & Caldecott Awards: a Guide to the Medal and Honor Books by the Association for Library Service to Children, ALA Editions, 2009, page 73
  2. ↑ "Association for Library Service to Children - Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books, 1922 – Present" (PDF). ALA.org. Retrieved December 18, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Bowman, James Cloyd (Spring 1957). "Bringing Folk Heroes to Children". New York Folklore Quarterly. 13 (1). Cooperstown, N.Y.: 208.
  4. ↑ "PECOS BILL by James Cloyd Bowman". Kirkus Reviews. May 1, 1937. Retrieved December 18, 2025.


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