Award-winning books for children
Cat Urbigkit's non-fiction titles for children have won a variety of awards and acclaim in the educational world. Cat enjoys visiting with children about the beauty she sees on the ranch, and how she tries to capture that beauty in her books. All titles are available for purchase from your regular book sellers. Please support your local bookstore!
The Guardian Team: On the Job with Rena and Roo
The true story of a scraggly wild burro, the runt of the guardian dog litter, and six orphan lambs as they grow together and become a team on a Wyoming ranch.
(32-page picture book, Boyds Mills Press, 2011)
• 2013 Book of the Year, American Farm Bureau Foundation • 2013 Ohio Farm Bureau Award for Children's Literature • 2012 Society Of School Librarians International Honor Book • This is a companion book to Urbigkit's award-winning Brave Dogs, Gentle Dogs: How They Guard Sheep (2007). (Bilingual edition) Brave Dogs, Gentle Dogs
This English and Spanish edition of Urbigkit's popular book on livestock guardian dogs, and how they guard sheep.
(32-page picture book, Boyds Mills Press, 2009)
• Junior Library Guild Selection 2009 • 2012 New York State Reading Association Charlotte Award suggested title. • Available in hardcover and paperback editions. A Young Shepherd
With a simple, informative text and engaging photos, Cat Urbigkit follows the work of one young shepherd on a Wyoming sheep ranch.
(32-page picture book, Boyds Mills Press, 2006)
• Best Childrens Books of 2007 by Bank Street College of Education • Wisconsin Ag Book of the Year 2007 • Ohio Farm Bureau Honor Book 2008 |
Path of the Pronghorn
With a simple, lyrical text, and stunning full-color photographs, the beautiful book gives young readers a look at the life and behavior of an extraordinary animal - the pronghorn antelope.
(32-page picture book, Boyds Mills Press, 2010)
• Recommended by the National Science Teachers Association. • Text by Cat Urbigkit, with photographs by Mark Gocke. The Shepherd's Trail
School Library Journal noted: “This time she shows a way of life that many people think belongs in another time and another country–transhumance, the seasonal migration of animal herds. Through beautiful photographs and easily understood text, she explains how and why sheep migration works.”
(32-page picture book, Boyds Mills Press, 2008)
Cattle Kids: A Year on the Western Range
With a colorful and informative text, illustrated with action-packed photographs, Cat Urbigkit follows cattle kids through a year of ranching on the western range.
(32-page picture book, Boyds Mills Press, 2007)
• "Use this book to teach children a valuable lesson about natural resources." – Rutgers University Project on Economics & Children • Missouri State Reading Association Reading Circle title. |
Puppies, Puppies Everywhere!
Cat Urbigkit captures puppies playing, prancing, napping, and more with a simple rhyming text and colorful photographs. Young children will delight in page after page of puppies and their antics.
(24-pages picture book, Boyds Mills Press, 2006)
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Brave Dogs, Gentle Dogs: How They Guard Sheep
This engaging photo-essay shows how guardian dogs form a bond with the sheep that lasts throughout the dogs' life.
(32-page picture book, Boyds Mills Press, 2007)
• International Reading Association Notable Book • Wyoming Ag Book for Kids 2006 • Read Across Wyoming 2007 • Texas, New Jersey, New York, Wyoming, & Illinois book honors |