Theme: Horse

Belladonna

By Book Importer | Published: June 15, 2011

A lyrical coming-of-age story about a boy, a girl, and a horse – and how a chance encounter can lead to a life of intrigue and learning, a life beyond imagining. When Thomas Rose first spots the girl hidden by the roadside, she looks as drab as a lark, with only her red kerchief giving [...]

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Pegasus, the Flying Horse

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

It is ancient Corinth. Young Ios and his father are off to buy the boy his first horse. Along the way they meet a beggar who tells them the story of a magical flying horse.
That horse, winged Pegasus, belonged to the goddess Athena. No mortal man had ever ridden him. But one man–the beggar said-desired [...]

Descriptors: Europe, Greece, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Myth, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Raven Speak

By Book Importer | Published: December 17, 2010

In 854, the bold fourteen-year-old daughter of a Viking chieftain, aided by her old and thin but equally intrepid horse and an ancient, one-eyed seer, must find a way to keep her clan together and save them from starvation.

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Mongolia: Vanishing Cultures

By Book Importer | Published: October 6, 2010

Two nomadic Mongolian children listen to stories of the past from their father and yearn for their own horses, creatures essential to their way of life.

Descriptors: Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mongolia, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Raining Sardines

By Book Importer | Published: June 17, 2010

Wealthy landowner Don Rigol practically owns the town. To expand his coffee plantation, he will lay waste the mountain jungle and the secret valley where the ancient breed of Paso Fino horses roams wild. Best friends Enriquito and Ernestina search for a way to save the ponies, ensure justice at a trumped-up trial, and reclaim [...]

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The Turtle and the Two Ducks: Animal Fables Retold from La Fontaine

By Book Importer | Published: May 28, 2010

The fables of La Fontaine are one of the great treasures of French literature. Based on Aesop’s legendary tales, La Fontaine’s stories capture the charm, the humor, and the wisdom of the seventeenth century. This book offers prose adaptations of the fables of La Fontaine’s most beloved poems.

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Birds of a Feather and Other Aesop’s Fables

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

An illustrated retelling in verse of ten fables by Aesop, including “The Laborer and the Nightingale,” “The Frogs Choose a King,” and ” The Horse and the Donkey.”

Descriptors: Folklore, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Pippi Longstocking

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In 1950, Viking published the original English version of Pippi Longstocking, the story of an irrepressible red-haired, freckle-faced girl who lived with a monkey and a horse, slept with her feet on the pillow, and found her way into the hearts of children all over the world. Now, Astrid Lindgren’s best-selling book has been given [...]

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Piglet And Papa

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

A sweet and heartwarming tale of parental forgiveness, and a comforting companion to the beloved Piglet and MamaFor all children who have wondered what their parents are thinking, this warmly illustrated book is perfect for bedtime and story hour. Piglet feels a little insecure. She has upset her papa. Does that mean he no longer [...]

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Hero Of Lesser Causes

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

World War II has just been won, and everything seems possible to young Keely Connor. She sees herself as a hero on a white charger, able to conquer the world, even though in reality her charger is Lola, the placid horse that lives in the field behind her house. One fateful summer day her brother [...]

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