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   r@rosemarylake.com to dmatthews03@sympatico.ca   
   Re: western novels for children??   
   27 Jan 04 20:49:08   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.childrens   
      
   On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 05:56:32 -0500, "David Matthews"   
    wrote:   
      
   >   
   >"mikem"  wrote in message   
   >news:1a4dda23.0401250911.1b62ea9a@posting.google.com...   
   >> Does anyone know any good western novels for kids approx.10yrs.old?   
   >   
   >   
   >They might be a bit old-fashioned for today's kids but you could take   
   >a look at the novels of Will James. He wrote "Smokey, The One Man   
   >Horse" (1926), which won the  Newberry Medal for children's   
   >literature. His books are still in print.   
   >   
   >As a kid (long time ago} I enjoyed the "Boys of the X-Bar-X" series   
   >(Forget the author).   
      
      
   There's a Zane Grey, THE YOUNG FORESTER, with good content for 10 year   
   olds. The style might be a little slow, or might be ok.   
      
   http://www.classicreader.com/booktoc.php/sid.10/bookid.1259/   
      
      
      
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