From the Austin-American Statesman:

“It’s me again, Hank the Cowdog.” Those words have been introducing the popular children’s series “Hank the Cowdog,” written by Texas author John R. Erickson, for 35 years now, published through Maverick Books.

The series, told from the point of view of a mystery-investigating ranch dog, take place in the Texas Panhandle at the M-Cross Ranch. Hank’s series of adventures (currently sitting at 69 books; a 70th one is due in September) has sold more than 9 million copies...

While most of us on the American-Statesman web desk grew up avidly reading the “Hank” books, we found we needed a bit of a refresher course on what went on in the series. We’re betting you do too, so we created this handy quiz..." (READ THE ARTICLE AND TAKE THE QUIZ HERE)