Inland Empire Author’s New Book a Cowboy Tale for Kids

Feb. 19, 2010 - PRLog -- Redlands, CA -- 02/16/2010 – Anybody can be a hero, and for those who refuse to give up no matter what their obstacles, dreams really can come true.  Take Joe Monday, for instance.  Inland Empire writer J.R. Sanders’ newest book, The Littlest Wrangler, tells the story of 10 year old Joe, who in the spring of 1882 travels west from New York City on an “orphan train,” flees an unfit foster home, and finagles a lowly job on a cattle drive up the Chisholm Trail from Texas to Kansas.

Based loosely on Jack Thorp’s century-old, popular Western ballad, Little Joe, the Wrangler, Sanders’ book “…re-imagines Thorp’s young hero and gives him the ending a spunky fellow like Joe always seemed to deserve.”  Joe’s adventures teach him not only about life on the trail, but also life lessons about friendship, acceptance, and perseverance.  A back-of-the-book glossary illuminates the authentic cowboy lingo sprinkled throughout the story.

Don Edwards, Grammy-nominated cowboy balladeer, says, “Sanders has not only written a wonderful story, but he has reopened the Big Book of the American Cowboy for a whole new generation of children to enjoy.”  Nancy Plain, Spur Award winning children’s author (Sagebrush and Paintbrush: the Story of Charlie Russell, the Cowboy Artist) calls The Littlest Wrangler “a thoroughly engaging and fast-paced adventure tale… a charming page-turner of a story.”

The Littlest Wrangler is available at chain and independent bookstores and from major online booksellers.  Autographed copies can be ordered from Sanders’ web site, www.jrsanders.com.  For more information about The Littlest Wrangler, or J.R. Sanders’ tour schedule, visit www.moonlightmesaassociates.com or www.jrsanders.com

Book Information

ISBN: 978-0-9774593
80 pages, trade paperback
Ages 8-12
$12.95
Published March, 2010
Distributed to the trade by Ingram Book Company



Media Contact Information:

Publisher:        
Becky Coffield                                                    
Moonlight Mesa Associates, Inc.                                                
18620 Moonlight Mesa Rd.                                                      
Wickenburg, AZ 85390                                                        
(928) 684-5231                                                                          
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Author:
J.R. Sanders
www.jrsanders.com
jr@jrsanders.com

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About Author

J.R. Sanders is a native of Newton, Kansas - one of the original “wild and wooly” cowtowns - whose deep interest in Old West history dates back to childhood visits with his family to the Dalton Gang hideout, Abilene, and Dodge City. He currently lives in Yucaipa with his wife, Rose, and dogs, Faro and Monte. A frequent contributor to Wild West magazine, J.R. is a member of the Western Writers of America. The Littlest Wrangler is his first children’s book.