Autographed Copy of Chicken Dance by Tammi Sauer

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The Prize: A personalized, first edition copy of her upcoming new release, Chicken Dance (Sterling, August 2009). In this giddy, goofy barnyard romp, cows fly over the moon, ducks surf in a water trough, and one very familiar-looking rooster gets all shook up!

Chicken Dance

Sauer’s Cowboy Camp is a simple, clever tale that promises to be a crowd-pleaser. Avery takes one look at his fellow campers and knows that he doesn’t really fit in. He can’t stomach cowboy food. His lasso gives him rope burn. And because he’s allergic to horses, he’s forced to saddle up a cow. Sitting alone before the campfire at night, Avery is confronted by Black Bart, a desperado who threatens to put an end to Cowboy Camp forever. Only someone with Avery’s special attributes could convince such a villain that this couldn’t possibly be Cowboy Camp. In Avery, Sauer creates an unlikely yet likable hero. Reed’s expressive paintings, stretching across double-page spreads, include both broadly comic and unambiguously melodramatic scenes, all carried off with a sure hand. The Black Bart scenes are particularly effective–from the sight of his craggy profile to his ride off into the sunrise.

Tammi Sauer

The Darer: Tammi Sauer—author of Cowboy Camp, Chicken Dance, and a number of forthcoming titles—grew up on a farm outside the small town of Victoria, Kansas. While there she chased pigs, kept tabs on the cows, and occasionally danced with chickens. These days, Tammi bawks and rolls with her husband and their two children in Edmond, Oklahoma. Learn more about Tammi.

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