Roy isn't the cleverest cowboy. When his friends buy him a saddle for his birthday he is overjoyed...But he's not very sure what to use it for. In fact, he doesn't even know what a horse is. So Roy sets off to find one with the help of some hilarious animals along the way.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2009 by Scholastic .

Kate Messner is the author of the E. B. White Honoree Over and Under the Snow. She was middle school teacher until recently (when she switched to writing full time) and gives workshops regularly to other teachers and other authors. Andy Rash is the hilarious illustrator of such books as Superhero School, Agent A to Agent Z and The Robots Are Coming.