Review By JENNIFER KALI My six-year-old daughter, a lover of horses, asked anybody and everybody for “only horse things” as Christmas gifts this year. She got shirts, books, earrings, temporary tattoos, and this really interesting board game. The premise of the game is that a stallion has escaped from a ranch, taking some mares with […]
Entries Tagged as 'Horses'
Herd Your Horses
January 31st, 2016 · No Comments · Board Games
Tags: Early Elementary·Horses·Jennifer Kali·Older Elementary
Horse Sanctuary
October 11th, 2013 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By KRISTIN WALD Many children go through an adoration and admiration of horses when they are young. With paint-by-number kits and young adult novels and films based on kids and horses, there’s no shortage of material to keep the love alive. But when those children get a little older, very real and disturbing issues start to emerge […]
Tags: Allison Milionis·Animal Rescue·Animal Sanctuaries·Horses·Karen Tweedy-Holmes·Kristin Wald·Older Elementary·Photography·Sanctuaries
Finnegan and Fox: The Ten-Foot Cop
March 7th, 2013 · No Comments · Books
Review By ANDREA ZOLLMAN Learn about the mounted police through the eyes of a horse by spending a day in New York City with a mounted police officer in Finnegan and Fox: The Ten-Foot Cop, written by Helen L. Wibur and illustrated by John Manders. Finnegan the horse narrates the story as he and his […]
Tags: Andrea Zollman·Early Elementary·Helen L. Wilbur·Horses·John Manders·New York City·Police·Working Animals
A Christmas Horse Named Cairo
December 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By MOLLY FRISINGER A Christmas Horse Named Cairo: A Rescued Palomino from Sunny Day Farms is a fundraiser book for Sunny Day Farms Animal Sanctuary. Using photographs and a simple storyline, the book tells the true story of rescued horse Cairo through the eyes of a little girl who lives on the farm. The […]
Tags: Animal Neglect·Animal Rescue·Animal Sanctuaries·Betty Buckley·Brooke Chavez·Christmas·Holiday Books·Holidays·Horses·Molly Frisinger·Photography