Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories

Pete warns Hank that a stray dog has invaded the ranch and is lurking inside the machine shed.

Glorious.

Talk about a rude awakening!

The popular Hank the Cowdog series is based on the humorous antics of the canine Head of Ranch Security.

Everyone knows that bears live in the mountains.

Little Alfred is having a hard time accepting his new baby sister, Molly.

Hank's third adventure opens with Hank in trouble again, so he heads to town to make a surprise visit to his sister, Maggie.

When Hank finds himself up against Rip and Snort, the coyote brothers, he knows he has to do something fast.

Geronimo's mum has so many puppies she doesn t know what to do.

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.

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.

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.