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1) Horse
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"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...
2) Horses!
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English
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Presents information on horses, including their physical characteristics, behavior, and how to ride a horse
3) Horses
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Introduces horses as pets, discussing the space and care they need.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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Yippie-i-oh! Saddle up for the first in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from Kate DiCamillo's New York Times best-selling Mercy Watson books.
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
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Jo Anne Normile was not supposed to keep the foal, an exuberant Thoroughbred with only a few white hairs on his reddish-brown forehead. But, she fell in love with the young horse, who had literally been born into her arms. The breeder finally said she could keep the colt, whom she nicknamed "Baby", but only if she raced him.
It was difficult to take Baby away from the safety of his pasture. But, Normile had made a promise. Besides, horseracing had...
6) Black beauty
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Black Beauty is a novel by English author Anna Sewell published in 1877. The story is told in the first person and is a fictional autobiographical memoir told from the perspective of a horse named Black Beauty. The story follows this horses life, from his young days on an English farm with his mother, to the more dreadful years of pulling cabs in London, and ending with his happy retirement in the country. The book at the time of its publication,...
10) Horse
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English
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A photo essay introducing members of the horse family, their evolution, behavior, importance, history, breeding, and training. Includes major international breeds of domestic horses
11) The sea pony
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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On an island off the coast of Maine, where children ride lobster boats to school, Piper wants a horse but finds, instead, another object hidden in the red maple tree.
15) King of the Wind
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English
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Traces the abuses and triumphs of the Arabian stallion who became a founding sire of the Thoroughbred breed, and of the mute Arabian boy who tended him as long as he lived
16) Horses
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English
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"All about their strength and speed, their foals, breeds, and more!"--Cover.
From stallions and mares, to Clydesdales and Palominos, this is sure to be a hit with horse-lovers and animal-lovers everywhere!
18) Seahorses
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Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Presents basic information about sea horses, how they move about, how they hide from enemies, and how they reproduce.
19) Black Beauty
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Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
An illustrated adaptation for younger readers of the classic work in which a horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters
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