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Books in the Horses genre:

The Horse that Swam Away (1965)

A boy and his horse befriend a porpoise.

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Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): Leo Summers

Captain Horatio Hornblower: a condensation of Beat to Quarters (1966)

This condensed version of Beat to Quarters is illustrated. The other contents of the volume include My Friend Flicka, Jane Eyre, and Alone.... View More

Doctor Dolittle Boxed Set (1967)

Includes Doctor Dolittle’s Circus, Zoo, Caravan, Garden, In the Moon, Return.

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

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 Little Black Pony Races (1968)

The little black pony gets a chance to show what he can do in a race.

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

Widdecombe Fair (1968)

Tom Pearce's grey mare goes to Widdecombe Fair with a carload of churls, Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all.

Author(s): Christine Price
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Angel and the Donkey (1969)

The story of Balaam’s ass.

Author(s): James Reeves
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Black Stallion’s Ghost (1969)

While between races at a Florida horse farm, Alex Ramsay and the Black meet the Ghost and her trainer and are caught up in a supernatural horror story.

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): Angie Draper

Cora Annett’s Homerhenry (1969)

A tailor and a shoemaker dress up as a horse out of work.

Author(s): Cora Annett
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

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.

The Erie Canal (1970)

I’ve got an old mule and her name is Sal,
Fifteen miles on the Eirie canal.

Author(s): Thomas S. Allen
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

The Black Stallion and the Girl (1971)

Alex Ramsay hires a young woman as a trainer - but can she ride the Black in a race?

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): Angie Draper

Gobble, Growl, Grunt (1971)

A book of animal sounds.

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)

A collection of some of Rojankovsky’s best illustrations from the Golden Books.

The Treasure of Topo-el-Bampo (1972)

When two burros are requisitioned to carry silver from the mines, they return to their village to save the people from starvation. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Scott O’Dell
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

All the Pretty Horses (1974)

Lulled to sleep by her mother’s singing of a lullaby, a little girl dreams of all sorts of horses.

Author(s): Susan Jeffers
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen (1974)

Bertie Wooster withdraws to the village of Maiden Eggesford for rest. But Aunt Dahlia shatters the peace. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

Best Friends (1975)

Kathy misses her best friend Louise when she goes away for the summer, but a new puppy brings them back together. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Compleat Horseman (1975)

This manual of horsemanship is extracted from the author’s Cheape and Good Husbandry, first published in 1614. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Gervase Markham
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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