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1) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When Black Beauty was born one sweet spring day, he could not have imagined the life ahead of him. Following his mother's advice to do his work with a good will, he enjoys the adventures of country and city life, makes new friends, and suffers from the cruelty and greed of his human masters. Beauty faces each challenge with bravery and kindness -- and then a chance encounter with an old friend brings him the greatest joy of all. Anna Sewell's classic...
Author
Series
Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.
4) Sugaring
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Nora wants to find a way to give the horses a special treat for helping her grandfather and her gather sap to make maple syrup.
Author
Series
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa volume 1
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cocoa the horse herds the cows with Cowgirl Kate, helps her practice her roping skills, and wishes he could wear boots instead of horseshoes.
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 1
Fountas & Pinnell
M
Language
English
Description
Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse -- until he meets Maybelline, that is, and then it's love at first sight. Maybelline loves spaghetti and sweet nothings, and she loves Leroy, too. But when Leroy forgets the third and final rule of caring for Maybelline, disaster ensues. Can Leroy wrestle fate to the ground, rescue the horse of his heart, and lasso loneliness for good?
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Travel to Ancient Greece with Jack and Annie as they meet Alexander the Great and help tame his wild stallion"--
Author
Series
Madeline (Ludwig Bemelmans) volume 4
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[1961]
Physical Desc
56 p. illus. 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the Ambassador moves to London, the twelve little girls go to visit his son, Madeline has an adventure on a horse, and the horse returns to Paris with the girls.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
409 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old returning champion Sean Kendrick competes against Puck Connolly, the first girl ever to ride in the annual Scorpio Races, both trying to keep hold of their dangerous water horses long enough to make it to the finish line.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Black Beauty is among the most enduring works of children's literature. First published in 1877, the book alerted adults to the widespread abuse of horses, and provoked immediate positive changes. Yet Black Beauty's appeal is literal as well as political: for young readers it offers a magical perspective---a story told from a horse's point of view.
Beauty has an idyllic and heroic youth. His master and coachman treat him gently, and the horse responds...
12) War horse
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
World War I has started and the military needs horses to move equipment, charge the enemy, and carry wounded soldiers off the battlefield. Joey, a farm horse is sold to the Army. Joey misses the farmer's son, Albert, and spends the war years wondering if the war will ever end and if he will ever see Albert again.
Author
Series
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa volume 2
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cocoa the horse herds the cows with Cowgirl Kate, helps her practice her roping skills, and wishes he could wear boots instead of horseshoes.
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 18
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
84 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.
16) Pony
Author
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three menacing horsemen who take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool...who happens to be a ghost. When a pony shows up at his door, Silas makes the courageous decision to leave his home and embark on a perilous journey to find his father. Along the way, he will face his fears to unlock the secrets of his past and explore...
17) Clip-clop
Author
Publisher
Boxer Books
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
[28] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cat, Dog, Pig, and Duck all take Mr. Horse up on his offer of a ride and encourage him to run faster and faster until they are in danger of falling off.
Author
Series
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa volume 3
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cocoa the horse does not want Cowgirl Kate to go to school without him.
Author
Series
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa volume 6
Publisher
Harcourt Children's Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
[40] p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cowgirl Kate and her horse Cocoa watch over the new calves, a puppy, and some baby barn owls.
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