By Bianca Schulze, The Children’s Book Review
Published: December 10, 2010
This is our “Horse Lovers” fictional book list, hand selected for young horse enthusiasts.
An excerpt from My Pony by Susan Jeffers:
I want a pony.
I want a pony more than anything in the world.
Dust Devil
by Anne Isaacs (Author), Paul Zelinsky (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 5-9
Hardcover: 48 pages
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade (September 14, 2010)
Source of book: Publisher
Publisher’s synopsis: Here is the thrilling, thigh-slapping companion to Swamp Angel, the beloved Caldecott Honor–winning picture book.
Swamp Angel has a reputation as the greatest woodswoman and wildest wildcat in all of Tennessee. But when she grows too big for that state, she moves to Montana, a place so sizeable, even Angel can fit in. It’s there that she wrestles a raging storm to the ground and, at its center, finds herself a sidekick—a horse she names Dust Devil. And when Backward Bart, the orneriest, ugliest outlaw ever known, starts terrorizing the prairie, seems like Angel and Dust Devil may be the only ones strong enough to stop him.
Children will be captivated by the beauty and exaggerated humor of Paul Zelinsky’s American primitive–style paintings and the wit and energy of Anne Isaacs’s unparalleled storytelling. Here is an original folktale starring an extraordinary gal who is as feisty as she is funny and as courageous as she is kind.
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Black Beauty
by Sharon Lerner (Author), Susan Jeffers (Illustrator)
Reading level: Ages 6-8
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers (September 22, 2009)
Source of book: Publisher
Publisher’s synopsis: A stunning picture-book introduction to the first famous fictional horse!
Anna Sewell’s classic Black Beauty comes vividly to life in this 40-page picture-book adaptation by Sharon Lerner. Follow the famous stallion as he meets many masters, from Squire Gordon, whose wife Black Beauty saves nearly at the cost of his own life; to the cruel Nicholas Skinner, who drives horses to death; and finally to a reunion with Joe, the kind groom he knew as a colt. Caldecott Award winner Susan Jeffers illustrates this beloved tale with lush watercolor drawings guaranteed to delight and enchant children.
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That's great! That looks more like Dodd than Dodd does.