The Beef Princess of Practical County

By Michelle Houts

By Michelle Houts

Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

Category: Children’s Middle Grade Books

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    About The Beef Princess of Practical County

    After years of waiting, it is finally Libby Ryan’s turn to shine at the Practical County Fair. Libby is filled with excitement as she and her granddad pick out two calves for her to raise on her family’s cattle farm, in hopes of winning the annual steer competition. Against her father’s advice, Libby gives the calves names, even though both steers will eventually be auctioned off. After a few months of preparing for the Practical County Fair, Libby finds that she is growing closer to her steers with each passing day, and the pressure to win Grand Champion is mounting.

    Luckily, Libby can count on her best friend to get her through most of the county fair chaos. Yet once reality sets in and she realizes that her steers will soon be sold to the highest bidder, the chaos in Libby’s heart becomes
    too much to bear.

    Michelle Houts lives on a grain and livestock farm in West Central Ohio with her husband and three children. This is her first novel.


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    About The Beef Princess of Practical County

    After years of waiting, it is finally Libby Ryan’s turn to shine at the Practical County Fair. Libby is filled with excitement as she and her granddad pick out two calves for her to raise on her family’s cattle farm, in hopes of winning the annual steer competition. Against her father’s advice, Libby gives the calves names, even though both steers will eventually be auctioned off. After a few months of preparing for the Practical County Fair, Libby finds that she is growing closer to her steers with each passing day, and the pressure to win Grand Champion is mounting.

    Luckily, Libby can count on her best friend to get her through most of the county fair chaos. Yet once reality sets in and she realizes that her steers will soon be sold to the highest bidder, the chaos in Libby’s heart becomes
    too much to bear.

    Michelle Houts lives on a grain and livestock farm in West Central Ohio with her husband and three children. This is her first novel.


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    “When Mr. and Mrs. Jim Darling named their first daughter Precious the whole town wanted to puke.” That line from The Beef Princess of Practical County came to me long before the rest of the story. I grew up in… More about Michelle Houts

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    Author Q&A

    Three Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Michelle: 
    1.       She likes to hike, especially in places where there are hills, because it’s very flat where she lives.
    2.       Michelle lived six months in Denmark and she knows a handful of Danish words. (Like “Jeg snak dansk.”)
    3.       Michelle is restoring a one-room schoolhouse from 1894. She hopes it will be her writing space and that she’ll have a cat that she will name Miss Beadle.

    Product Details

    Paperback
    Published by Yearling
    Jul 13, 2010 | 240 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (8-12) | ISBN 9780440422709

    Ebook
    Published by Delacorte Books for Young Readers
    Apr 14, 2009 | 240 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780375891861

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