Laura Ashton

A variety of farm animals try to teach Daisy Donkey to bray, the usual sound that donkeys make, "Hee-haw, hee haw." Colorfully enhanced simple images help young children learn to identify various animals and their sounds.

Federal Deputy Sullivan Hart thinks he has broken the back of the outlaw organization Los Pistoleros after he arrests its leader, J.T. Priest-the man who killed his father.But just before his trial, Priest escapes from jail, and he's determined to rebuild his criminal empire. Hart knows that if he's ever to put his father's ghost to rest, he must stop the outlaw once and for all.Only Quick Charlie Sims knows where Priest is planning to meet up with the rest of his gang. And Hart is none too sure he can trust the wily gambler, who has his own debt to settle with Los Pistoleros' leader-and his own interest in the organization....

Where Legend Begins...Years before he became famous as The Ranger, young Samuel Burrack was a buffalo hunter trying his hand at enterprise on the Western Frontier. When his best friend is murdered, his first instinct is simple-find the killers and deliver justice. Joined by legendary Ranger Clyde "Outrider" Sazes, Samuel learns how to track, hunt, and shoot from the best in the territory. But when the badmen split up, so must the partners, and Samuel soon finds himself alone in the very town the gang has chosen as a rendezvous. Befriended and further taught the skills of the killing trade by Lawrence Shaw (Aka Fast Larry, the Fastest Gun Alive) the newly deputized Samuel will have to muster all of his strength, courage, and skill against a batch of murderous thieves whose only desire is to kill and conquer. For Samuel Burrack, it is his first fight to the death-and his first step toward becoming a legend...."Blood Rock", written in 2001, was the sixth volume of the "Big Iron Series", and is the third in Ralph Cotton's "Ranger Sam Burrack" series of Western Classics.

From Bestselling Author, Ralph Cotton, comesanother classic adventure tale from the life ofArizona Ranger Sam Burrack.One man stands for justice and the law, the other stands for murder and mayhem. Both are about to reach a point of no return ....The Ranger makes his living tracking down dangerous criminals who have long eluded the law. His goal is swift justice and his aim is certain death. But a midnight jailbreak that sets loose a cadre of killers and trigger-happy outlaws is about to put the Ranger's skills and sense of justice to a test.Ernesto Caslado, the Mexican-born desperado who is behind the jailbreak, leads the band of convicts deep into the harsh Badlands Frontier. He, too is searching for justice-seeking out the true killer guilty of the murder that was about to send him to the gallows.Both lawman and killer are driven, and both are about to face off in a life or death challenge. Before the sun goes down, the Badlands will defy everything they know about honor, courage, and loyalty.

In this large 5" X 8" Trade Paper Collector's Edition, Ralph Cotton spins another epic tale of guns and grit in the wake of the Civil War...a journey through a world of outlaw justice and the men who lived and died by it....Sure, it would've been easy killing Two Diamond Joe with a second shot. No man takes a .44 round square between the eyes and survives. But Jeston Nash only wants his prize horse back from the man, and a fast trail out of the New Mexico badlands....Together again with Quiet Jack, Nash is on a hunt that will take him through unforgiving terrain, a tangle of firebrand beauties, and even into a lawman's trust...before squaring off with the most ruthless pack of gunmen ever to rule the desert frontier.