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In mid-twentieth-century England, fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown, determined to turn the unruly horse she wins in a raffle into a champion, learns that she needs more than hard work and dedication to achieve her goal of riding her horse in the Grand National steeplechase.
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Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa volume 1
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English
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Cowgirl Kate and her cowhorse Cocoa, who is always hungry, count cows, share a story, and help each other fall asleep.
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On a cattle drive in the desert on the night before Cowboy Ned's birthday, his horse Andy goes in search of a birthday cake, which he thinks will make Ned's birthday complete. It's Cowboy Ned's birthday! His trusty dapple gray steed, Andy, knows that the best thing to have on your birthday is a birthday cake. While Cowboy Ned sleeps soundly, Andy wanders across the desert in search of a birthday surprise for his friend and along the way discovers...
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Award-winning author Jennifer Armstrong makes history come alive through the heartwarming tale of a 19th-century horse who demonstrates to children the importance of responsibility and duty. Even when Magnus the horse is told his services to the Broadway Firehouse is no longer needed, he continues appearing at the scenes of fires. Luckily, for the townspeople and the firemen, Magnus turns up just when they need him the most.
6) Rodeo Rocky
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Horses of Half Moon Ranch volume 2
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English
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At Kirstie Scott's urging, her mother Sandy buys an abused mustang stallion to save him from the brutal treatment he has received in a rodeo, but it is far from clear that Rodeo Rocky will be able to adjust to life as a dude ranch horse.
9) Shadow spell
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"With the legends and lore of Ireland running through his blood, falconer Connor O'Dwyer is proud to call County Mayo home. It's where his sister, Branna, lives and works, where his cousin, Iona, has found true love, and where his childhood friends form a circle that can't be broken ... A circle that is about to be stretched out of shape--by a long-awaited kiss. Meara Quinn is Branna's best friend, a sister in all but blood. Her and Connor's paths...
10) White Thunder
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Ozark Pub
Pub. Date
c1992
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English
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White Thunder saves a herd of wild mustangs from capture by ranchers. Includes facts about the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and endangerment of the mustang.
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Otis the tractor volume 4
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English
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On Christmas Eve at the farm, a horse faces complications while delivering her foal and Otis the tractor must race through snowy, treacherous woods to bring back Doc Baker before it is too late.
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A true-life novel about Lily Casey Smith (the author's grandmother) who at age six helped her father break horses, at age fifteen left home to teach in a frontier town, and later as a wife and mother runs a vast ranch in Arizona where she survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy--but despite a life of hardscrabble drudgery still remains a woman of indomitable spirit.
13) Unicorn uproar
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Nancy Drew and the clue crew volume 22
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Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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When the unicorn from the town's medieval fair disappears, Nancy, Bess, and George search for clues to solve the mystery. Includes instructions for making a magic wand.
14) Dreamcatcher
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Stabenfeldt
Pub. Date
2008
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English
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When Tessa uncovers phantom tracks of a horse and buggy on the path near the farm, a mystery begins to unfold: tales are told of a phantom horse, and a curse at the Old Forge. Suddenly, Tessa has an even more pressing worry-can she overcome her own stage fright in order to compete in the local competition and win Dreamcatcher, the horse of her dreams-or will Dreamcatcher be lost to her forever?
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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"Way out west in Cactus county lived a horse named Calico. She wasnt very pretty, but she was smart and could run like greased lightning. When villain Stewy Stinker threatens to hold up Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, will Calico the Wonder Horse be able to save the day?"--
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Trafalgar Square Books
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"Coming soon as a major motion picture. Roughly, violently, in the dark and vacant Nevada night, cattle rancher Henry McBride has everything that means anything torn from him. Guilt-ridden, cast aside by his own heart, Henry staggers from town to town, job to job, and bar to bar, seeking only some way to momentarily silence the voices inside his head, to soothe the slow burn of his anguish. When he finds himself begging for work on a guest ranch,...
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The RoadRunner Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"Once upon a time, not so very long ago, there was a little cowgirl who never went anywhere without her red boots. And so she became known far and wide as Little Red Riding Boots. One day a sneaky mountain lion sets his sights on her pretty pony for his afternoon snack. Little Red Riding Boots must take matters into her own hands to set things right"--Page [2] of book jacket.