Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories

Who - or what - has been killing the chickens?

The fourth book in the Hank the Cowdog series, Murder in the Middle Pasture, begins with a baffling new mystery - the death of a calf on the ranch, and, as Head of Ranch Security, Hank must go on a very dangerous mission to spy on the coyote village and arrest the murderer.

Heading into the wild outback, Hank goes in search of his true love, the charming Miss Beulah.

When a strange twist of events brings a yellow Labrador onto the scene of a roundup gone wrong, the entire ranch quickly falls in love with this newest addition to the ranch's Security Division.

Hank runs into a dispute with a giant bullfrog over the Emerald Pond.

It's winter in the Texas Panhandle, and the ranch is covered in snow and ice.

Hank's day begins defending the ranch against a vicious one-eyed robot.

When the ranch falls on hard times in the winter, Slim the cowboy decides not to be a burden.

There's a raging rottweiler named Bruiser loose on the ranch, and it's up to Hank to teach this visiting pooch some manners.

Someone or something has been robbing eggs from the chicken house.

Sally May and Loper head off to visit the relatives, leaving Slim in charge of Little Alfred.

Life can be one hell of a roller-coaster ride.

An unearthly being has burrowed in Sally May's vegetable garden.

Hank's in trouble again, but when he tries to apologize to Sally May, she just doesn't get the message.

For twenty-five years, readers have enjoyed watching Drover, Hank's trusty sidekick try to finagle himself out of every dangerous situation that arises on the ranch.

It's New Year's Eve day on the ranch, and Slim and Miss Viola are both having second thoughts about their engagement - but for what reasons?

When Hank hears a rumor that the sky is going to fall from the ranch's resident rooster, he is naturally a bit skeptical.

It's Hank's job to clear the ranch of all intruders--and that includes gophers.

It's the day before Christmas, and Loper and Sally May have left Slim to manage the ranch while they go off to visit relatives for the holidays.

Hank is literally at the end of his rope in his tenth adventure.

A terrible winter storm strikes the Texas Panhandle.

Hank and Drover must deal with all sorts of strange phenomena.

Hank assists Eddy the Rac performing amazing feats of illusion.

Hank and Drover are just beginning an investigation when a pirate suddenly appears on the front porch!

Quail season has started, and Plato the Birddog is impressing the lovely Miss Beulah with his pointing ability.

Sally May takes the family on a vacation, but there's never a dull moment on the ranch.

In this latest installment to the Hank the Cowdog series, the weather on Hank's west Texas ranch is hot and dry.

Someone has been raiding Sally May's garbage barrels!

Hank finds himself the proud owner of three precious steak bones, and so he decides to protect his fortune by burying them in Sally May's garden.

Hank discovers an elixir that gives him a huge burst of energy - Sally May's bucket of root stimulator.

Hank the Cowdog is having a string of rotten luck.

Marauding trespassers are threatening to stampede the cattle.