Darlene Camus
“You Can’t Be a Cowboy—Your Hat’s Too Big” is a delightful story poem, richly illustrated with western scenes, horses, cowboys, and a magic coyote, and is certain to appeal to the four to ten year age group.
Lupe runs away from his ranch home looking for cowboy work denied him at home because of his troublesome sombrero and his annoying roping practices. Lost in the badlands, his encounter with the coyote brings him a whole new life.
The author lives in New Mexico where she paints and writes children’s stories. After a thirty-year career in law, Ms. Camus, at the urging of her grandchildren, offers “Cowboy”, their favorite, as her first published effort.
With its Native American and Hispanic portrayals, this work is educational as well as highly entertaining.
It is destined to become a classic.
