Posted by Ruth
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Horses, The Black Stallion, Walter Farley
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When Alec Ramsey receives the Black’s son from Abu Ja’ Kub ben Ishak, he can’t wait to begin training the young colt for racing, with the help of Henry Dailey, his trainer for the Black. But the colt proves to be more fiery and vicious than his father, with a strong killer instinct. Will Alec and Henry be able to tame the colt and fulfill Alec’s dream of a great racer?
A pretty good horse book with some heart-pounding races. On the whole, the story pacing is fairly consistent, although some parts seemed a bit slow.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, George Macdonald, Horses, Poetry
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When Diamond, a little boy, meets the North Wind, he goes on several adventures with her, riding safely in her arms or her hair. (Yes, you read that right, in her hair. She has lots of it.) At one point, Diamond even gets into the place at the back of the North Wind, where everything is wonderful. In his everyday life, Diamond soon becomes friends with a little orphan girl and does what he can to help her. He and his family go through several ups and downs and, unfortunately, the book ends sadly.
Well, actually, it wasn’t too sad when I re-read it for this review. I will warn you, though, that this is not the kind of book you can skim through! Unless, of course, you’ve read it half-a-dozen times and almost know it by heart. (Which I haven’t.) If you skip around in this book, you will most likely end up either Clueless and Baffled, or Mixed-up and Puzzled. Take your pick. Anyway, this is another almost nonsense book, a lot like The Garden Behind the Moon, (Do I sense a title theme here?) and it is very fun to read. Oh, and there’s also some poetry in it, too.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: All Ages, Historical Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Horses, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House
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This book, the third in the Laura Ingalls Wilder series, tells about Almanzo Wilder’s life while growing up on a farm. Almanzo lives with his father and mother, his brother, Royal, and his two sisters, Eliza Jane and Alice, and between them they have a wonderful time. Including Almanzo’s pig, Lucy, who gets her mouth stuck shut with candy, and Almanzo’s breaking in two calves, Star and Bright. Through all their adventures Almanzo is very taken with one of his father’s horses, a young colt which Almanzo calls Starlight, but his father doesn’t allow him to try to break in Starlight because Almanzo is too young, but Almanzo is determined to grow up enough to have a colt of his very own.
There’s so much fun stuff in this book. It amazes me how many things they had to do in one day! There’s humor galore in this book, one of my favorites being during sheep-shearing time. Please read this book. You don’t want to miss it!
Posted by Sarah
Categories: All Ages, Incredibook!, Non Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Dogs, Horses, Lions, Lorena A. Hickok, Monkeys, Out of Print
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Since two years old, Helen Keller had been blind and deaf. She could not speak, either. Her mother and father have tried several places, but it seems impossible that she will ever be let out of her unhearing, unseeing, and unspeaking world. Finally, Perkins Institution for the Blind sent a young woman — Miss Anne Sullivan. Will Miss Sullivan be able to help Helen? With discipline, love, trials, and break-throughs, this is the story of Helen Keller.
I like this book a lot. There are a few parts that may be startling or sad to some of you, but I don’t think I had much trouble at all the second time through. I’m not sure if I was upset or sad at those parts the first time I read it, because that was a long time ago. Helen Keller wrote an autobiography called The Story of My Life. I haven’t read it, but I think we own it. Well, The Story of Helen Keller is a great book! The summary may not sound very interesting, but please read this book! Lorena A. Hickok does a good job. Tired of me talking about how good this book is? Then please read it!
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Good Read Aloud, Horses, Marguerite Henry
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When Al Hoots buys the little, young mare, U-See-It, he feels sure that, even though she lost a race, she will become a great race horse. Once U-See-It comes into her strength, she wins many races, until an incident at a claiming race bans her and Al from all race tracks. Al decides to preserve her speed in her colt, Black Gold. Al doesn’t live to see Black Gold, but his wife, Rosa, carries out his wishes, and an old friend of Al’s, Hanley Webb, becomes Black Gold’s trainer. All are striving to reach a final goal: to have Black Gold win the Kentucky Derby.
The other plot in this book is about Jaydee Mooney, a young boy who knows horses. Jaydee has been training to be a jockey, and when he sees Black Gold race, he decides that he wants to ride Black Gold in the Kentucky Derby. This is a good book. I will warn you, however, that the ending is sad, and you feel bad for Mr. Webb, but this book is not to be missed.
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