Howdy, Partner! (Sky & Ty #1)

by Steve Breen (Author)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Sky & Ty

Meet the new cowgirl and her T. Rex pardner delivering delightful laughs and rollicking adventure along with their packages from a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner. Perfect for young chapter book graphic novel fans who love Narwhal and Jelly and Unicorn and Yeti.

Meet the best delivery service this side of the Mississippi, run by no-nonsense cowgirl Sky and her slightly goofy, but always dependable pardner, T.Rex Ty. No task is too big or two small for this dynamic duo. And they've never missed a delivery yet. But learning to work together hasn't always been easy for them. Saddle up as Sky and Ty figure out they both can help solve a little bear problem. And teamwork and some speedy thinking save the day when they tackle getting thier first package to its destination just in time.

The first book in this funny and warm young chapter book graphic novel series by two-time Pulitzer Prize Winner Steve Breen features two stories rendered in vibrant three-color art, interspersed with fun facts, jokes, and activities.

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

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Gr 1-4--Sky's a cowgirl hankering for adventure, and Ty's a gentle giant (a tyrannosaurus, to be specific) lurking lonesome in his cave. When the two meet, they form a dependable duo ready to serve their fellow folks--be they bunnies or balladeers. Breen affectionately recounts Sky and Ty's first meeting, wherein Ty saves a small rabbit by besting a gruff polar bear in a dance-off. Sky, impressed, invites him to depart his musty cave for her cozy barn. In their first outing, they are due to deliver an important package to a musical hootenanny. They dally a bit in the desert, brainstorming a team slogan and strategy while ambling across the expanse. When they realize they must hoof it for a timely delivery, their skillful stampede is ever so slightly cinematic. Sky and Ty's origin story is goofy and amiable, and although it lacks a sense of greater consequence, there's plenty to appreciate here. In particular, the mimicked quirks of cowpokes offer a gentle, general introduction to the Western genre--even featuring a vocabulary guide entitled "Learn to Speak Western." Breen's orange and blue-hued illustrations of slightly bobble-headed, grinning goofballs are energetic and endearing in their own right. VERDICT Light, lilting fair, a satisfying series opener that leaves lots of room for ambling fun and cowpoke banter in many amusing outings ahead.--Emilia Packard

Copyright 2024 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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Steve Breen
Steve Breen is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and his video broadcast work has won several Emmys. He is cartoonist for inewsource.org. His work is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate and appears regularly in The Week and other national publications. His picture books include Stick, Violet the Pilot, Pug and Doug, and Woodpecker Wants a Waffle (2017 New Hampshire Ladybug Picture Book Award). He also created Universal Kids's Powerbirds. He lives in California with his family. In his spare time, he reads, runs, and plays the guitar poorly.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781645952145
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Pixel+ink
Publication date
April 02, 2024
Series
Sky & Ty
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV042000 - Juvenile Fiction | Westerns
JUV008040 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Action & Adventure
JUV008110 - Juvenile Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Humorous
Library of Congress categories
Dinosaurs
Friendship
Graphic novels
Cooperativeness
Humorous comics

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