Wait, I forgot my favorite horse book ever!
Robert the Rose Horse!
Apparently, I was hooked on it when I was a toddler. I never knew of this until Mom started reading it to my nieces. But I love it now! Robert is a allergic to roses, so he has to find a new job, and he ends up saving the day as a police horse. It’s great!
I just found out there is a new Dick Francis book out. It’s another one written with his son. I think the title is Silks.
Add me to the list of Red Pony haters from way back. I just thought of that one recently- one horse I ride is very wary of crows, and I wondered if somebody had read that awful story to him! :lol:
One that I found out about on one of these threads, bought used in PB for about $2, and really enjoyed is The Monday Horses by Jean Slaughter Doty.
I bought Robert the Rose horse for one of my nephews, back when it was more age-appropriate. He’s now a senior in HS! One of the kids at my barn hated Fahrenheit-451 so much that she did a You-Tube.
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One that I found out about on one of these threads, bought used in PB for about $2, and really enjoyed is The Monday Horses by Jean Slaughter Doty.
I bought Robert the Rose horse for one of my nephews, back when it was more age-appropriate. He’s now a senior in HS! One of the kids at my barn hated Fahrenheit-451 so much that she did a You-Tube.[/QUOTE]
I loved “The Monday Horses,” my sister-in-law just bought me a copy last Christmas because I was waxing nostalgic about it… I love “Fahrenheit-451” and Ray Bradbury, though–I did that with my freshmen a few years ago and they liked the ideas, but wanted him to just get to the dang point with all the description. Sigh.
Turns out I do have a jacket cover for Cintra’s Challenge but I forgot to bring it to work, I will try to remember to bring it tomorrow and scan it to you.
Has anyone mentioned The Horsemasters and the Blue Mare books? These and the Cammie’s are my all time favorite young adult horse books.
I have a few to add to the list with a bit of a fantasy leaning. These are out of print, but you should be able to find them on amazon or ebay. I highly recommend Mary Stanton’s Heavenly Horse From the Outer Most West, and the sequel Piper At The Gates. I love these books and read them regularly, they are both told from the horses point of view.
Just this weekend I read Roberta MacAvoy’s The Grey Horse. I stayed up to 2am reading because I couldn’t put it down! Great book, and a lot of fun to read.
Has anyone read Legends Lake by JoAnn Ross? The plot description looks a little cheesy, but it does have a nice picture of a horse on the cover. 
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Wait, I forgot my favorite horse book ever!
Robert the Rose Horse!
Apparently, I was hooked on it when I was a toddler. I never knew of this until Mom started reading it to my nieces. But I love it now! Robert is a allergic to roses, so he has to find a new job, and he ends up saving the day as a police horse. It’s great![/QUOTE]
I still have my childhood copy. But I’ve gotten a little tired of it because of the period where my Dear Sweet Daughter had me read it to her twice a night for about 10 days. Then I hid it.
I found it exhausting to read aloud with all those sneezes.
Not sure if they were mentioned…but I LOVED James Herroit books (ie: All Creatures Great and Small)…I read all of them in 7/8th grade…and have re-read them over the years. Still waiting and hoping for one to uncovered. :winkgrin:
Also for history/civil war buffs…I also loved Traveller by Richard Adams (the same guy who wrote Watership Down with the bunnies) about the civil war from General Robert E. Lee horse’s point of view.
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Also for history/civil war buffs…I also loved Traveller by Richard Adams (the same guy who wrote Watership Down with the bunnies) about the civil war from General Robert E. Lee horse’s point of view.[/QUOTE]
Somehow Traveller didn’t do it for me, but I loved Mr. Revere and I, by Robert Lawson. I was a little sad when I found out that Revere rode a borrowed horse, and her name was probably not Scheherazade, though.
Beameup: I finally had a chance to read Still Life With Elephant and it’s fantastic. I loved Horseplay, but this one is even better. Definitely now one of my favorite horse novels; I’m only sorry I didn’t read it sooner!
I hope there’s a third novel on its way.
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OHMYGOD - “Watership Down” is my all-time favorite book. I didn’t like his others so much (THe Plague Dogs, etc) but I was introduced to Watership Down in middle school, and have read it once a year since. Wonderful writing, and you sort of forget that he’s writing from the bunny point of view (laugh if you want - it’s a great book and not the least bit child-like).
I know it’s not a horsey book, but all animal lovers who love good writing should read it. It’s as timeless as Black Beauty.
PS - loved the Jean Slaughter Doty books, mostly because they WEREN’T all sunshine and ribbons. Remember “Dark Horse”? In the end, she leaves you wondering if the title character is going to be put down. LOVED “Can I Get There By Candlelight?” I have always wanted to name a white pony Candlelight for that very book.
Also loved “The Brown Mare” - great ending. Girl realizes that the horse is better than she is and sells her on to someone who can truly showcase the mare’s talents. Talk about realism.
Just finished “Riding Lessons”. Not bad at all. First piece of adult horsey fiction that I actually enjoyed from start to finish, although at times I really had to work to like the main character.
oh thank you, poltroon, i love shameless plugs! and yep, i signed a contract with HarperMorrow to write the sequel to Still Life, to be called An Inconvenient Elephant. more horsies and ellies! (writing it as we speak!)
Beameup, I can’t wait!
The new Rita Mae Brown - Hounded to Death - just arrived today. So after the barn tonight, I’m off on another Sister Jane adventure!
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PS - loved the Jean Slaughter Doty books, mostly because they WEREN’T all sunshine and ribbons.[/QUOTE]
Agreed–very realistic and honest. I loved “The Monday Horses” even though it shattered some illusions for me.
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oh thank you, poltroon, i love shameless plugs! and yep, i signed a contract with HarperMorrow to write the sequel to Still Life, to be called An Inconvenient Elephant. more horsies and ellies! (writing it as we speak!)[/QUOTE]
Oh, I am very pleased to hear it. I look forward to reading it!
Thanks Mods - for listening to your COTHers - as usual. A permanent reference will be great.
My now grown up daughter is an avid reader - thanks to her friend who gave her Jilly Cooper’s Riders to read when she was about l3 years old. Her first long, lusty novel, but she developed into a reader with wide, eclectic tastes and a BA in English - all thanks to Jilly Cooper!
Me neither! I finallyfinallyfinally got around to reading Water for Elephants and really loved it! :yes:
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I ordered another book I read as a kid was Old Bones. True story about a race horse called Exterminator, set in the 20’s or 30’s I think. Really quick read but just as good as I remembered it!:D[/QUOTE]
I read that book. Exterminator won the Kentucky Derby in 1918.
I looked for Black Gold for a present for a young relative a couple of years ago. I was amazed when I couldn’t find it at Barnes & Noble, or Born to Trot. I think both of those are classics and should always be in print and on shelves for people to buy. B&N did have King of the Wind.
I remember getting so irritated years ago when I saw a copy of Born to Trot in a book store. Lovely cover illustration … of a pacer! :eek: :no:
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