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I've just written the first in a new history-mystery series for kids, hoping to spark a revival in the Western genre. If youre a kid aged 8 to 12 and you liked [[The Western Mysteries: The Case of the Deadly Desperados by Caroline Lawrence|The Case of the Deadly Desperados]] and now you want to see some Western films, beware! Most of them are pretty violent and full of unsuitable things like smoking, drinking and gambling. But here are five I can recommend to start your education:

OK, your parents dont have to be in the room for this one. Thats because its not really a Western (which I define as a story of the old American west with wilderness, six-shooters and horses). But the beginning sequence is a bit like a western, until the toy pig comes down in his spaceship, that is... Also, Woody is the typical square-jawed hero from those TV Westerns your grandparents loved: hes loyal, honest and peaceable. In fact hes so peaceable that he doesnt even carry a gun in his holster. (Did you ever notice that?)