EXTRACTS: Illustrators issue 15 © 2016 The Book Palace (96 PAGES in Full edition)

45 FACING PAGE: Mustang Gray and the Belle of Monterey is based on a popular song about a hardly romantic Texas Ranger who usually left his girls behind and ran into new adventures. TOP LEFT: Many families traveled West in their caravans and here we see a young boy signaling the scout and wagon captain there might be some Trouble Ahead . BELOW: Part of a cowboy’s job was chasing after a stray longhorn as in this watercolor painting Running Hard .