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EAN: 9780590465199 ISBN: 0590465198 Label: Scholastic Inc. Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc. Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: January 01, 1948 Publisher: Scholastic Inc. Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Scholastic Inc. Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Why can't he get things straight? Ten-year-old Justin just can't seem to do anything right-no matter how hard he tries. He gets home late when he doesn't mean to. He can't keep his room clean, wash dishes, or fix himself a meal. Luckily, Justin's cowboy grandfather comes to his rescue. Not only does he invite Justin to visit the family ranch in time to see the big rodeo, but Grandpa's also going to teach him how to do real "men's work"-like mending fences and handling horses. But what Justin doesn't realize is how much he's going to learn about other, equally important things-like how his Great-Great-Grandpa Wiley Ward brought the family from Tennessee to Missouri in 1879, and how to make a prize-winning batch of the best biscuits in the world! Amazon.com Review: Sure, he can catch a greased pig at a local rodeo, but can he bake biscuits? Ten-year-old Justin struggles to "feel like a guy" in a family dominated by females. When he goes to spend a week at his grandfather's ranch, he discovers there's more to being a man than riding horses and tending to livestock. There's also cleaning up messes, making beds and, from time to time, baking biscuits--good biscuits. Along with its lighthearted treatment of gender conflict, this story, which won the 1987 Coretta Scott King Award, provides a look at the little-known history of the black cowboys who helped settle the West and create rodeos. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Read along with your kids and talk, talk, talkMy son read this book with his 4th grade class. I read it along and out loud with him because we are really working on reading comprehension. This is a terrific discussion-starter book for parents and children. Not only is there the sexism parts, but there is also the theme of Justin being never shown how to do things (or made fun of when he tries) to the extent that he just stopped trying. I was very surprised to see the "n-word" (it's on page 82 in mine) in a book geared ... Read More Rating: - Touching storyI borrowed the book from the library, because my children like biscuits. The book surprised me with its story line. It is so beautiful about a boy becoming man of responsibility and knowing his african american history. A few times the story did not flow too well. Therefore I gave it a four star review. Rating:  - Justin and the Best Biscuits in the WorldI really really liked this story because it show that at first Justin does not know how to do anything right and he had two sisters and one that was bigger than him and he always got in trouble and at the end he learns how to make his bed and cook biscuits and other stuff and know body believes that he can do all those things because before he went to his grand fathers he could not do anything but when he gets back he can make his bed and his on food and it just amazing that he could do all those things ... Read More Rating: - Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World J .L.NI liked the book cause it was exciting.I relate to Justin because I don't like to clean my room,or make my bed.This book made me hungry cause of the biscuits.My favorite parts were when they went to the festival and at Justin's house.If you like cowboys,roping,and horses you'll like this book.And it also teaches you stuff.I think this is a great book.I really enjoyed it! Rating:  - Justin and the Best Biscuits in the WorldSBI thought this book was pretty good because he was supposed to do his chores but he did'nt and did not do the dishes and Hidya had to.And he made a mess in the kitchen and his mother had to clean it up. 
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