Leroy Ninker Saddles Up

by Kate DiCamillo

  And in the darkness, underneath the bright stars, Maybelline would listen to them all.

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.

  Text copyright © 2014 by Kate DiCamillo

  Illustrations copyright © 2014 by Chris Van Dusen

  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, taping, and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.

  First electronic edition 2014

  Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 2013953473

  ISBN 978-0-7636-6339-1 (hardcover)

  ISBN 978-0-7636-7408-3 (electronic)

  The illustrations were done in gouache.

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