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Horses Genre
Books in the Horses genre:
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)
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
Powder: The Story of a Colt, a Duchess and the Circus (1933)
Powder the young colt does not want to be the overweight duchess’ riding horse and runs away with the circus.
Author(s):
Esther Averill
Lila Stanley
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Flash: The Story of a Horse, a Coach-Dog and the Gypsies (1934)
The story of the fastest horse in the kingdom, sire of Powder, how he ran off with the gypsies, and finally comes home.
Author(s):
Esther Averill
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Book of Indians (1935)
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Doctor Dolittle’s Birthday Book (1935)
Each page contains a quotation and picture from the Doctor Dolittle books and space to record birthday reminders.
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
National Velvet (1935)
Velvet enters her horse, The Piebald, in England’s premier steeplechase -- The Grand National.
Author(s):
Enid Bagnold
Illustrator(s):
Laurian Jones
Book of Cowboys (1936)
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
The Golden Horseshoe (1936)
Tamar is a half English and half Indian girl who accompanies her father and brother while disguised as the Indian Raccoon on an expedition to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains in colonial Virginia.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Peggy and the Pony (1936)
Peggy’s mother takes her on vacation to France, but Peggy would rather be riding a pony.
Author(s):
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Who Rides in the Dark? (1937)
Daniel Drew is heading west to seek his fortune when he gets caught up in the search for a gang of highway men.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
James MacDonald
Young Settler (1938)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Cowhand Goes to Town (1939)
Sam goes to town with his father for the cattle auctions, and hopes to get a six-shooter.
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Horses and Americans (1939)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Frederic Remington
Kurt Wiese
The Great Geppy (1940)
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois