So, I’m not a big fan of horse fiction. At all. By horse fiction I mean books about little children (usually girls) who fall in love with a beautiful horse, can think of, dream of, and live with nothing else. This genre tends to be super repetitive.But not King of the Wind. King of the Wind is in...
From the author of Justin Morgan Had a Horse and King of the Wind comes this charming story of a young girl, her mare, and the mare’s colt.The Story.Molly has wanted a horse for as long as she could remember. It hurts her whenever she sees other children riding around on horses, large as life, bu...
THE MYRTLE CUREAlthough author Marguerite Henry had not envisioned a sequel to MISTY, she found herself touched by the real plight of a tiny orphan colt whose mother had died at Tom's Cove. Those plucky youngsters, Paul and Maureen Beebe, make the ultimate sacrifice: they decide to sell their bel...
THREE-IN-ONE PINTO TALENTThis charming story takes place long after Misty's death, but the spirit of this famous Chincoteague pony lives on--inspiring another generation of horse-loving children and adults. Down in Florida on Stolen Hours Farm Dr. Sandy cherishes a dream: to travel to the coast o...
Stormy misty's foal is similar to the book Sea Star by Marguerite Henry. I chose this book because it had a horse on the front but I actually liked the story a lot.Stormy Misty's Foal is about love, trust, fear,happiness between Grandma,Grandpa,and their grand kids Paul,and Maureen. During a dead...
This was one of those cases when bedtime arrived, and it was time to start a fresh chapter book, but I hadn't visited the library that day, and so pulled a book from my own collection off the shelves. It wasn't one I'd planned on reading aloud because I thought maybe it was too old-fashioned, an...
Justin Morgan didn’t really want a horse. What he wanted was cash to pay for his doctor’s bills. But his friend, Farmer Beane, has nothing else to give him as payment for the loan Justin generously gave him. So Justin accepts it. Joel, a student who has been traveling with Justin, is tickled when...
"Today Benjamin West is remembered because he was the father of American painting; and many like to think of him as the only American ever to become President of the Royal Academy of England. But I like to remember him as a boy who wanted so very much to paint that he dug his colors out of the ea...
He was trying to run away from trouble, but it hugged him like his own shadow. “Maybe if I run faster,” he thought. He doubled his fists close to his body. He plunged on. He could feel his lungs pumping for air. His breath came so fast it hurt him. And suddenly he was almost knocked flat by the s...