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Books in the Horses genre:

My Friend Yakub (1953)

The author describes his boyhood in a small Siberian village and his friend Yacub, a Tartar storyteller. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Ning’s Pony (1953)

This is a simple story about a small Chinese boy and a pony with one bad habit -- he wouldn't cross bridges. We count 27 unnumbered pages. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Hester Hawkes
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Black Stallion’s Sulky Colt (1954)

When Tom Messenger is injured in an accident, it’s up to Alec Ramsay and Henry to race Bonfire in the Hambletonian.

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): Harold Eldridge

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1954

Horse Stories (1954)

Stories and poems about horses.

The Horse with the High-Heeled Shoes (1954)

Elizabeth is the horse with the high-heeled shoes and this is the story of how she gives them up. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Little Gray Donkey (1954)

The little gray donkey is lonely until he befriends a family of rabbits.

Author(s): Alice Lunt
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Home on the Range (1955)

Jerry goes out West to be a cowboy, and swaps places with his friend Little Bear to see what it would be like to be an Indian.

The Island Stallion Races (1955)

With the help of an extraterrestrial visitor, Steve Duncan races Flame.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): Harold Eldridge

Mary in the Country (1955)

A young town girl moves to the country with her family.

Author(s): Golden Gorse
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Black Stallion’s Courage (1956)

When a devastating fire destroys the brood barn Alex Ramsay takes the Black back to the track to earn the money to replace it.

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): None

Hunting with Mr. Jorrocks (1956)

Selections from the humorous sporting novel Handley Cross.

Author(s): R. S. Surtees
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Black Stallion Mystery (1957)

Three yearling colts must be sons of the Black, but they aren’t. Alex Ramsay and Henry go looking for the sire and find the father of them all.

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): Mal Singer

The Giant Golden Book of Dogs, Cats and Horses (1957)

Sixty-one stories and poems about dogs, cats and horses.

Scotty’s Mare (1957)

Scotty trades in his heifer for a thin thoroughbred mare called Trip, much to his father's displeasure. But Scotty is sure he can make something of the horse.

Author(s): Robert E. Gard
Illustrator(s): Aaron Bohrod

Cowboys and Indians (1958)

What do cowboys and Indians do all day?

Author(s): Willis Lindquist
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Flivver the Heroic Horse (1958)

An artist, a talking horse and a beached scow revitalize a seaside town.

Author(s): Lee Kingman
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Horse-Tamer (1958)

Henry tells Alex Ramsay about his brother William Dailey, a horse-tamer.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): James Schucker

Merry Go Round (1958)

As you flip the pages you can follow Harold on his merry go ride around the zoo.

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

The Tale of Troy (1958)

This retelling includes the war at Troy from the Iliad and Ulysses’ return journey home from the Odyssey. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Roger Lancelyn Green
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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