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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.
3) Sugaring
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Language
English
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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.
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Language
English
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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...
5) Horse
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English
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"Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.
New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson,...
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.
7) Horses!
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
First edition
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, 1 color map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"No other animal has captured people's imaginations or changed their lives as has the horse. Their grace, strength, and beauty have made horses sought after as well as useful. What would kings and queens, knights and conquistadores, cowboys and stagecoach drivers, or farmers have done without them? Breeding horses was Queen Elizabeth II's favorite hobby. In this informative book, Gail Gibbons relates some of the long history that horses and humans...
8) 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
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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A girl on a horse is involved in a car accident, loses a leg and the horse goes mad. As she won't allow him to be destroyed, her mother, a New York magazine editor, quits job and husband and takes horse and daughter to a rancher in Montana, said to cure horses by talking to them. Despite cultural differences--she is British--love blooms between editor and rancher.
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.
Author
Language
English
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Seabiscuit was an unlikely champion. He was a rough-hewn, undersized horse with a sad little tail and knees that wouldn't straighten all the way. But, thanks to the efforts of three men, Seabiscuit became one of the most spectacular performers in sports history.
Author
Publisher
Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 21 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A very tiny horse named Einstein loves to leap and play like any other horse, but his small size keeps him from going into the field with the others, so he begins to look for a friend to play with.
15) War horse
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Series
Language
English
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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.
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English
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"Bea wakes to Daddy’s note in a hayloft, where he abandoned her with her little sister after the stock market crash took everything: Daddy’s job at the bank, their home, Mama’s health and life.
How is Bea supposed to convince the imposing Mrs. Scott to take in two stray children? Mrs. Scott’s money and Virginia farm are drying up in a drought and the Great Depression, too. She might have to sell her beautiful horses, starting with a dangerous...
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
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
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?
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