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Books in the Horses genre:

The Scouring of the White Horse (1859)

A history of the White Horse of The White Horse Vale and of the maintenance of that venerable relic. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Hughes
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

Sporting Society or Sporting Chat and Sporting Memories (1897)

A two-volume work with some of Randolph Caldecott’s illustrations in each volume. Read online at HathiTrust: Volume 1 and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

The Log of a Cowboy (1903)

A history of the cattle drives north from Texas after the Civil War. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Andy Adams
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

A Horse’s Tale (1907)

Twain could do sentiment - and bathos - none better, as he shows here. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Lucius Wolcott Hitchcock

Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse (1913)

Jack Pumpkinhead and his friend the Wooden Sawhorse rescue two children lost in the woods. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920)

The story of how Doctor Dolittle learned to speak with the animals and became the animals’ doctor. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922)

In search of Long Arrow the Indian, Doctor Dolittle and his companions journey to the floating Spidermonkey Island. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1923

Doctor Dolittle’s Circus (1924)

Concerned by the abuse of animals in the circus, Doctor Dolittle decides to start his own to show how good a circus could be if the animals were in charge. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo (1925)

In these adventures the good Doctor solves a mystery and opens a zoo in his back garden.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan (1926)

Doctor Dolittle’s Circus travels to London where they stage a bird opera.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Doctor Dolittle’s Garden (1927)

Doctor Dolittle continues his researches into the lives of animals and learns the languages of insects. He is visited by a giant moth and embarks on a journey to the moon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Smoky the Cow Horse (1929)

The story of a cow horse and his various masters.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Will James
Illustrator(s): Will James

Jinglebob (1930)

This is an authentic tale of cattle ranching in the 1880’s.

Author(s): Philip Ashton Rollins
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Red Horse Hill (1930)

Bud Martin decides to take his bulldog and try New Hampshire. He finds a warm welcome with Uncle John and Aunt Sarah.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Lee Townsend

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild -

Knock at the Door (1931)

Stephen is half mortal and half fairy and must choose his inheritance.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Famous Animal Stories (1932)

A collection of stories about animals including myths, fables, fairy tales and true-life adventures.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Lone Cowboy (1932)

This is a fictionalized autobiography by Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault, born in Saint-Nazaire-d’Acton, Quebec, who moved to the United States and changed his name to William Roderick James. He is best know as the author of Smoky the Cow Horse.... View More

Author(s): Will James
Illustrator(s): Will James

Desert Water (1933)

The story about the fight for water along the Idaho Nevada border.

Author(s): Sinclair Drago
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover

Get-A-Way and Hary Janos (1933)

A worn-out stuffed horse and a broken-down toy soldier travel to the land where toys become new again.

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