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Author
Series
Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Returning home to New York City from a visit to his uncle in India, teenager Alec Ramsay is the sole human survivor of a devastating shipwreck. Trapped on a deserted island, Alec finds his only companion is an Arabian horse, beautiful, unbroken, and savage ... a horse whose beauty matches his wild spirit.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
Animal ark volume 31
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Mandy and James are having trouble finding enough time to give Chamomile -- a mare whose owner has left the country -- all the attention and exercise she needs. When they meet Rhian, a girl who lives next to Chamomile's field, they hope she will help them out. But Rhian doesn't want to get to know the horse -- and she doesn't want to tell anyone why not. Can Mandy convince her new friend to care for Chamomile -- or will the horse have to be sold?
Author
Series
Pet vet volume 2
Publisher
Kane/Miller Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A mare named Helen of Troy has a foal with help from Dr. Jeanie, a veterinarian, and her "Animal Liaison Officer", a Jack Russell terrier named Trump.
Author
Series
Otis the tractor volume 4
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Good dog volume 2
Publisher
Little Simon
Language
English
Description
Farm puppy Bo introduces a young foal to life on the farm.--
10) A is for Amos
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
�1999
Language
English
Description
A rider on Amos goes around the farm and back home to the barn finding all the letters of the alphabet.
12) Luna
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 12
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the Netherlands in 1855, May, a young member of a circus family who is not permitted to perform because of a twisted foot, bonds with a local Friesian farm horse that she names Luna, and together the two perform a heroic act that changes their futures for the better. Includes facts about Friesian horses.
14) Gabriel's horses
Author
Series
Racing to freedom trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
2009, c2007
Language
English
Description
In Kentucky, during the Civil War, the twelve-year-old slave Gabriel, contends with a cruel new horse trainer and skirmishes with Confederate soldiers as he pursues his dream of becoming a jockey.
15) It's almost time
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
�2011
Language
English
Description
A horse and a bluejay experience a variety of clocks. Told in rhyme.
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
On the brink of World War II, a family is forced out of their London home and into the countryside. Wolfie and his older sister Dodo are devastated to leave behind everything they've ever known, but they slowly settle into their new life. One day they come across an orphaned foal, which they raise as Hero, a strong and beautiful horse who lives up to his name when he saves the children from a fire. Wolfie and Dodo find comfort in their new life, but...