Glen Rounds (1906–2002)

Author of The Blind Colt

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About the Author

Rounds, who was born in 1906 in a sod house near Wall, South Dakota, and moved to Montana one year later in a covered wagon. He wrote dozens of tall tales and realistic books about rural America, especially North Carolina, where he lived, and Montana, where he was brought up. Rounds first book, Ol' show more Paul, the Mighty Logger, was published in 1936 by Holiday. He won the AAUW Award in 1983 for Wild Appaloosa. The AAUW Award was created in 1953 to honor North Carolinan children's authors.Rounds died in Pinehurst, NC, September 27, 2002, after a long illness. He was 96. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Mr. Yowder

Whitey

Works by Glen Rounds

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The Blind Colt (1941) 762 copies, 4 reviews

Blind Outlaw (1980) 222 copies, 3 reviews

Stolen Pony (1948) 205 copies, 3 reviews

Ol' Paul, the Mighty Logger (1936) 175 copies, 1 review

Sod Houses on the Great Plains (1995) 108 copies, 1 review

Mr. Yowder and the Lion Roar Capsules (1976) 76 copies, 1 review

Three Little Pigs and The Big Bad Wolf (1992) 75 copies, 3 reviews

Mr. Yowder and the Train Robbers (1981) 70 copies, 1 review

Mr. Yowder and the Steamboat (1977) 69 copies, 1 review

Beaver (1999) 67 copies

Mr. Yowder and the Giant Bull Snake (1978) 64 copies

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (1990) 61 copies, 7 reviews

The Prairie Schooners (1994) 56 copies

Cowboys (1991) 55 copies

Wild Appaloosa (1983) 40 copies

Whitey and the Colt-Killer (1982) 40 copies

The Treeless Plains (1994) 39 copies

Washday on Noah's Ark : a story of Noah's Ark according to Glen Rounds (1985) 34 copies, 1 review

Once We Had a Horse (1971) — Author — 32 copies, 4 reviews

The Cowboy Trade (1972) 30 copies

Three Billy Goats Gruff (1997) 29 copies, 5 reviews

Whitey and the Wild Horse (1958) 28 copies, 1 review

Wild Horses of the Red Desert (1969) 26 copies

Old MacDonald Had a Farm (1989) 25 copies

The Morning the Sun Refused to Rise: An Original Paul Bunyan Tale (1984) 21 copies, 2 reviews

Casey Jones : the story of a brave engineer (2000) 19 copies

Wild Horses (1993) 17 copies

Whitey Ropes and Rides (1956) 15 copies

The Day the Circus Came to Lone Tree (1973) 15 copies, 1 review

Swamp Life: An Almanac (1957) 14 copies

Rodeo: Bulls, broncs & buckaroos (1947) 14 copies

Whitey takes a trip (1982) 13 copies

Rain in the Woods and Other Small Matters (1964) 13 copies

Whitey's New Saddle (1982) 12 copies, 2 reviews

Hunted Horses (1968) 12 copies

Whitey's First Roundup (1960) 12 copies

Mr. Yowder and the Windwagon (1983) 11 copies

Mr. Yowder, the Peripatetic Sign Painter: Three Tall Tales (1980) 11 copies

Lone Muskrat (1953) 10 copies, 1 review

A Wild Goose Tale (2012) 9 copies

Buffalo Harvest (1952) 9 copies

The Strawberry Roan (1970) 9 copies

Beaver Business: An Almanac (1960) 9 copies

Wildlife at Your Doorstep (1974) 8 copies

The Snake Tree (1966) 7 copies

Sweet Betsy from Pike (1973) 7 copies

Wild Orphan (1961) 7 copies

The Boll Weevil (1967) 6 copies, 1 review

Mountain Men;: George Frederick Ruxton's First Hand Account of Fur Trappers and Indians in the Rockies (1966) 6 copies

Trail Drive: A True Narrative of Cowboy Life from Andy Adams' "Log of a Cowboy" (1965) — Editor/Illustrator — 6 copies

Whitey's Sunday Horse (2017) 5 copies

The Whistle Punk of Camp 15. Original title "Lumbercamp" (1937) 4 copies

Whitey Looks for a Job (1937) 3 copies

The Blind Colt by Rounds, Glen published by Scholastic Inc (9999) [Paperback] 3 copies

Whitey and Jinglebob (1946) 1 copy

Wildlife By the Window (1966) 1 copy

Horse Stories Set: The Blint Colt Black Beauty The White Stallion Five True Horse Stories 1 copy

Prairie Schooner, The 1 copy

Whittey and the Wild Horse 1 copy

Whitey's First Round-up 1 copy

Pay Dirt 1 copy

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Associated Works

Haunt Fox (1954) — Illustrator, some editions — 180 copies, 3 reviews

Great Stories for Young Readers (1969) — Contributor — 92 copies

Tomfoolery: Trickery and Foolery With Words (1973) — Illustrator — 88 copies, 2 reviews

The Happy Dromedary (1977) — Illustrator — 77 copies, 1 review

Kickle Snifters and Other Fearsome Critters (1976) — Illustrator — 64 copies, 2 reviews

Four Dollars and Fifty Cents (1990) — Illustrator — 60 copies, 1 review

Go find Hanka! (1970) — Illustrator — 48 copies

Big Blue Island (1972) — Illustrator — 40 copies

Hush Up! (1980) — some editions — 36 copies

The Amazing Voyage of the New Orleans (1980) — Illustrator — 36 copies, 1 review

Contrary Jenkins (1969) — Illustrator — 30 copies

Firefly (1961) — Illustrator — 28 copies

Folklore of the great West; selections from eighty-three years of the Journal of American folklore (1969) — Illustrator — 26 copies

How the People Sang the Mountains Up: How and Why Stories (1967) — Illustrator — 21 copies

Shenandoah Noah (1985) — Illustrator — 20 copies

Billy Boy (1966) — Illustrator — 19 copies, 1 review

Dan and the Miranda (1962) — Illustrator — 18 copies

Tarantula; The Giant Spider (1972) — Illustrator — 16 copies

Jennie Jenkins (1975) — Illustrator — 14 copies

Lizard Lying in the Sun (1975) — Illustrator — 12 copies

The Talking Turtle and Other Ozark Folk Tales (1957) — Illustrator — 12 copies

Sticks in the Knapsack and Other Ozark Folk Tales (1958) — Illustrator — 8 copies

Flipper: A Sea-Lion (1966) — Illustrator — 6 copies

Writing Books for Boys and Girls (1952) — Contributor, some editions — 5 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, April 1975 (1975) — Illustrator — 4 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 1, September 1976 — Illustrator — 2 copies

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Birthdate: 1906
Date of death: 2002-09-27
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Awards and honors: Kerlan Award (1980)

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Reviews

Once We Had a Horse: Second Edition by Glen Rounds

omg... why isn't this better known?

Humor, adventure, poignancy, and finally heartbreak. plus Rounds' wonderful art ... raises questions ... I guess parents don't know how to share it with their littles, but let an independent reader at it and see the child's perspectives shift....

Available free to borrow on openlibrary.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1921108W/Once_we_had_a_horse… (more)

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Ol' Paul, The Mighty Logger by Glen Rounds

open library - heard good things about the illustrator

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Mr. Yowder and the Steamboat (1977) by Glen Rounds

Really it's about the pictures. The story is funny, in a certain 'tall tales' sort of way, with a laconic voice, and almost enough words so that I was wondering for quite a while if it was just going to be a sort of shaggy dog story. But the punchline made it work, and the drawings are too much fun. I bet that I would have loved Rounds' stories when I was a kid... how about you go to openlibrary and see if you, your inner child, or your ownbest beloved' likes them?

(And if you don't know that 'best beloved' is from Kipling's *Just So Stories,* borrow that, too. :)… (more)

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The Day the Circus Came to Lone Tree by Glen Rounds

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Hard to enjoy now, but at least it's a circus not a zoo.

A little long-winded, and some big words (e.g. indiscriminately)... I would have loved it when I was a schoolchild. Fully illustrated, simple premise, picture-book shape, so children younger could enjoy it too if someone reads aloud to them.

The pictures are indeed the best part. Rounds was a master of the quick, expressive sketch. Almost like a [a:James Thurber|16839|James Thurber|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1183238729p2/16839.jpg] of the West. I will look for more of picture-books, and also for his novels... I expect that several will get higher ratings from me. ;)… (more)

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