Slim’s phone doesn’t ring very often, so on the rare occasions that it does he’s usually in for an adventure! This time it’s a search and rescue operation for Miss Viola’s father, Woodrow, who went missing while making his daily rounds of the pastures. Unfortunately,
the mission led by Hank, Slim, and Deputy Kile comes to a screeching halt when an unexpected Texas downpour turns the ranch roads to mud and strands their vehicles in a ditch. Now, it’s up to Viola to save the day and get the search team back on track. But, when the rain finally lets up, they soon realize that the most bizarre part of this day wasn’t something any of them could have predicted!
Hank starts out to give Pete the Barncat a little scare, but to his surprise Pete turns out to be Sinister the Bobcat. Hank finds himself on a mission to save Little Alfred. Hank stumbles upon Madame Moonshine and gets trapped by
Rip and Snort. Will Hank find a way out and will he rescue Little Alfred?
There are three more original songs: “Disorientation,” “I Love All Kinds of Stuff,” and “The Storm.”
Who’s killing the ranch’s chickens? What’s Ranch Security going to do about it? These are the critical questions in Hank’s sixth adventure. A fiendish murderer is loose on the ranch. Never has Hank followed so many clues or interrogated more suspects. Every character in the book turns out to be a suspect--including Hank himself.
This thrilling audio includes two more of Erickson’s songs, “Bark at the Mailman Battle Hymn” and “I’m Locked in the Jailhouse with Buzzards on the Roof.”
Hank’s third adventure opens with Hank in trouble again, so he decides to make a visit to town to see his sister. Sounds innocent enough, but then Hank takes his nieces and nephews on a garbage patrol and gets captured by the dog catcher. Will he find a way out?
The songs “Your Momma Wears Old Tow Sack Drawers,” “Cats Are Stupid” and “Kicking My Dog Around” are all included on the audio.
Woodrow, Slim's future father-in-law, is a man of few words. So, when he takes the trouble to warn Slim about an Arctic cold front that is about to descend on the Texas Panhandle, Hank knows the ranch is in for a rough time. In that kind of cold, everything quits working: pipes freeze, diesel pickups don't start, power lines break, cattle suffer, and stock tanks freeze over.
And, while the dogs in town might be able to spend that kind of week camped out in front of a warm fire, the Head of Ranch Security has to be sure that the cattle have access to food and water! Will Slim and Loper be able to keep the ice at bay, or will the stock tanks freeze solid and drive the herd mad with thirst? There's only one way to find out!
A convoy of circus trucks is passing through the ranch. The last truck in the column hits a bump and a large red box falls off and comes to rest in the pasture. Hank and Drover investigate the box and discover that it contains a circus monkey. Pete advises Hank not to open it, but Hank’s curiosity gets the best of him. What follows is fun and adventure.
Listen to two new songs: “Monkey Business” and “I Can See You Now.”
It’s early January on Hank’s ranch when Slim and Loper receive word that an ice storm is headed their way. However, just as they’re about to prepare the cattle and stock tanks at the ranch to safely weather the storm, Deputy Kile calls with some bad news. It seems that one of their electric fences has shortcircuited, and some of their wheat pasture steers have strayed into town and onto the Twitchell golf course! Slim saddles up his horse and heads off to retrieve the steers — with Hank’s help of course — but a few mishaps delay his cowboying just long enough to coat Twitchell in ice and make his steer-roping adventure into a rip-roaring frozen rodeo!
Hank’s thoughts turn to romance. He decides that he has been working too hard and needs a vacation. Hank goes to visit his true love, Miss Beulah the Collie, and encounters all kinds of challenging situations on the way. Will
his intuition and investigating powers be enough?
Hear Hank and the coyote brothers belt out a raucous polka number called “Rotten Meat,” and, believe it or not, Hank sings a tender love song called “Beulah’s Song.”
Hank is literally at the end of his rope in his tenth adventure. It’s roundup time at the ranch and Hank is left behind, tied to a post, while a high-bred border collie named Bennie takes his place. How can Hank restore himself as Head of Ranch Security and reclaim his fame and fortune?
Hear the songs “Saddle Up Overture in C-Maybe” and “Daddy Packed His Suitcase ‘Cause Momma Was a Mean Old Bag.”
For twenty-five years, readers have enjoyed watching Drover—Hank’s trusty sidekick—try to finagle himself out of every dangerous situation that arises on the ranch. But what happened before Drover came to the ranch? Well, it’s all here—from his early days as runt of the litter through his fruitless search for a job to his ultimate position as Hank’s right-paw man.
Hear Drover sing "I Have No Ambition," and will Boris the Bat's "You Need a Dream" provide any inspiration for Drover in this hilarious adventure for the entire family.
