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Smoky the Cowhorse

by Will James

A range horse's whole life, wild colt to cow pony, told by a real cowboy. Won the Newbery Medal.

📖 14 chapters, complete ⏱ about 40 minutes a night 📅 a chapter a night finishes it in about 2 weeks
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This book can earn their screen time.

Assign Smoky the Cowhorse as a mission and pick the schedule: every day, school nights, weekends, or one chapter a week. The app serves the next chapter each time and keeps the bookmark.

📚 They read it in the app

The full text, 14 chapters, on their own device. No separate book to buy or lose.

🎤 They prove it out loud

At the end of a chapter the app highlights a short passage and your child reads it aloud. Mak listens and checks it against the page.

⚡ The screen time is earned

Pass, and the XP lands. Screen time comes from the book, not the feed.

What's inside

The complete book, split into 14 chapters the app serves one at a time.

See all 14 chapters
Chapter 1A RANGE COLT
Chapter 2SMOKY MEETS THE HUMAN
Chapter 3WHERE THE TRAILS FORK
Chapter 4THE END OF A ROPE
Chapter 5THE BRONC TWISTER STEPS UP
Chapter 6"THE SQUEAK OF LEATHER"
Chapter 7SMOKY SHOWS HIS FEELINGS
Chapter 8SMOKY STARTS OUT
Chapter 9FIGHTS FOR RIGHTS
Chapter 10"AMONGST THE MISSING"
Chapter 11"THE FEEL OF A STRANGE HAND"
Chapter 12"WHEN THE GOOD LEAVES"
Chapter 13"A MANY-MEN HORSE"
Chapter 14"DARK CLOUDS, THEN TALL GRASS"

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Tonight, Smoky the Cowhorse can be the mission.

Assign it in about a minute. The first read-aloud usually earns a grin.

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