Horses Genre
Books in the Horses genre:
Cowboys and Indians (1958)
Author(s):
Willis Lindquist
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Merry Go Round (1958)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Tale of Troy (1958)
Author(s):
Roger Lancelyn Green
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Wild Pony Island (1959)
When Rick Landon comes to the attention of the law. his mother decides to move the family back to her home town - Ocracoke Island.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Best in Children’s Books Volume 32 (1960)
Author(s):
Thornton W. Burgess
Carlo Collodi
Maud Hart Lovelace
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
My Friend Yakub (1961)
The author describes his boyhood in a small Siberian village and his friend Yacub, a Tartar storyteller.
Author(s):
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Picco the Sad Italian Pony (1961)
Alfredo and Gina do everything they can think of to cheer up the little pony, but nothing works, until Alfredo has a brilliant idea.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Horses and Their Friends (1962)
Author(s):
Kate Barnes
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Stormy, Misty’s Foal (1963)
Author(s):
Marguerite Henry
Illustrator(s):
Wesley Dennis
The Turret (1963)
Author(s):
Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Golden Country (1965)
Author(s):
Joyce West
Illustrator(s):
Joyce West
My Life and Horses (1966)
Author(s):
Susan Chitty
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1967)
The story of a twelve days’ hiking and expedition in the south of France.
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Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Angel and the Donkey (1969)
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Far-Distant Oxus (1969)
Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.
Author(s):
Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
Karl W. Stuecklen
The Erie Canal (1970)
Author(s):
Thomas S. Allen
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Ride a Wild Horse (1970)
Author(s):
Ruth Christoffer Carlsen
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Gobble, Growl, Grunt (1971)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
All Creatures Great and Small (1972)
Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants--four-legged and otherwise--with the world’s best-loved animal doctor.
Author(s):
James Herriot
Illustrator(s):
None
Rojankovsky’s Wonderful Picture Book (1972)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Georges Duplaix
Phyllis McGinley
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Treasure of Topo-el-Bampo (1972)
Author(s):
Scott O’Dell
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen (1974)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
Best Friends (1975)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Compleat Horseman (1975)
Author(s):
Gervase Markham
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Puffin Book of Horses (1975)
Author(s):
Susan Chitty
Anne Parry
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
The Runaway Flying Horse (1976)
Author(s):
Paul Jacques Bonzon
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
The Wildest Horse Race in the World (1976)
A story, based on real events, about a boy and a half-Arabian mare who enter the Palio, an annual race in Siena, Italy, with all the pageantry of a medieval contest.
Author(s):
Marguerite Henry
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Noah’s Ark (1977)
Author(s):
Jacobus Revius
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Black Beauty (1980)
Author(s):
Robin McKinley
Anna Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Miss Jump the Jockey (1980)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
André Amstutz
Fritz and the Beautiful Horses (1981)
Mr and Mrs Hay the Horse (1981)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
Black Beauty (1984)
Author(s):
Anna Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse (1984)
Gobbolino, the former witch’s cat and the little wooden horse team up to rescue Gobbolino’s sister from the witch.
Author(s):
Ursula Moray Williams
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Red Horse Hill (2005)
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
Wild Pony Island (2005)
When Rick Landon comes to the attention of the law. his mother decides to move the family back to her home town - Ocracoke Island.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Cedar’s Boy (2006)
Shad Davis gets caught up in the excitement of harness racing and finds he has a talent for driving.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Lee Townsend
Who Rides in the Dark? (2006)
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
Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen (2008)
Bertie Wooster withdraws to the village of Maiden Eggesford for rest. But Aunt Dahlia shatters the peace.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
Black Beauty (2009)
Author(s):
Sharon Lerner
Anna Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
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