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Hank the Cowdog, head of ranch security, bravely faces the dangers of Picket Canyon to unravel the mystery surrounding an unusual cat.

Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Tía Magdalena, and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives a potentially fatal snakebite.

Unsupervised for the day, Hank the cowdog and his human friends, Little Alfred and Slim Chance, mind the ranch with humorous results.

In the summer of 1889, a mysterious and charismatic man rides into a small Wyoming valley, where he joins homesteaders who take a stand against a bullying cattle rancher, and where he changes the lives of a young boy and his parents.

In Charlie the Ranch Dog , Where's the Bacon? a new dog comes to visit. Things get off to a bad start. Rowdy doesn{u2019}t understand Charlie is the boss of the ranch. He sleeps in Charlie{u2019}s bed, drinks Charlie{u2019}s water, and worst of all, he eats Charlie{u2019}s bacon. Charlie has to get Rowdy under control. And he really needs to find more bacon!

In the early 1920's, cowboy and farmer, Ralph Moody finds himself with mountainous debts through the collapse of the livestock market and the dealings of a crooked partner. Ralph never surrenders, but finds a way to turn tragedy into opportunity.

He's the one who got away. The cowboy who claimed her heart before taking off on a tour of duty, planning never to return. But Beau Tyler is back, and Natalie Haskell feels defenseless against the powerful pull of the soldier. Especially when she finds herself suddenly widowed. Natalie is the real reason Beau is staying on at the ranch, despite rumors that he's finally ready to take on his late father's bequest. Because something in Beau has stirred...

While staying at their grandmother's ranch, sisters Tori and Miranda are practicing to compete in different events at the local horse show--but Ashley, a rude and conceited girl who is stabling her pony at the ranch, is constantly criticizing everthing, their costumes, their ponies, Jewel and Buttercup, and generally draining the fun out of the summer.

Hank the Cowdog investigates reports of a phantom dog on the ranch.

A young family learns to grow a garden, describing how they prepared the soil, watered their plants, dealt with the animals who invaded their garden, and how all their hard work finally paid off as they harvested vegetables and flowers.