Title: The Custard Kid
First published: 1978
Description: Funny children's story.

This is a lighthearted Western, full of action, dialogue and humor. The Kid, tough-talking but accident prone, and Calamity Kate, exuberant but scatterbrained, are innocently waiting for the stagecoach to Hollywood. They somehow get involved with a kidnapping, a quick draw contest, and a trial in the Copper Nugget Saloon.
Subjects: Fiction, Robbers and outlaws, Western stories, Children: Grades 3-4, Children, fiction, Children's fiction
Places: West (U.S.)