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Numerous language arts activities on vocabulary, letter writing, poetry, and reading comprehension extend and enhance students' enjoyment of the book Cowboy Slim. This guide also includes biographies on the author and the illustrator.

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Cowboy Slim
Cowboy Slim
By Julie Danneberg

A cowboy poet who can't rope, whip, or ride? Who ever heard of that? Slim knows he could be a real cowboy if the ranch hands would just give him a chance. Action-filled drawings capture the excitement of a cattle run to Dodge City in Cowboy Slim

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