I am almost positive the book’s title is Big Nate, Little Nate. I cannot find it so I could be wrong. I have been stymied in my searches because after this book was published, the Big Nate series by Lincoln Peirce came out and most searches end with those books.

The book I’m looking for I read to my son in the late 80’s or early 90’s but it could have been published much earlier. It is about a young boy who wants to do everything like his father. It is set in the old west. The one thing he doesn’t have is a pair of overalls like his father. He has to wait for the travelling peddler to make his rounds to their town to get the desired pair of canvas or denim overalls.

It may be out of print. The newer Big Nate book series seems to eclipse most attempts at searching for it.