Re: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids?

2014-03-03 Thread Kay Van Natta
This message is from: Kay Van Natta jadeb...@aol.com Hi Gail! When I was a kid, The Black Stallion (and that whole series) topped my favorite story list! Those should be a hit with your granddaughter as well and should also be something she could read on her own. Black Beauty is a

RE: Readers for Riders :)

2014-03-03 Thread Logans - Willows Edge Farm LLC
This message is from: Logans - Willows Edge Farm LLC willowsedgef...@msn.com Hi Gail, I have a whole list of books that we give to parents ... great way to keep the horse crazy kids reading. :) Not classics, but still great. http://www.willowsedgefarm.com/reading-suggestions-for-riders.html

RE: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids?

2014-03-03 Thread Mary Ofjord
This message is from: Mary Ofjord ma...@boreal.org When I was a kid, The Black Stallion (and that whole series) topped my favorite story list! The Marguerite Henry books are terrific too...especially if you can find the ones illustrated by Wesley Dennis. My favorite is King of the Wind,

Re: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids?

2014-03-03 Thread Me Kint
This message is from: Me Kint me.k...@yahoo.com Gail, another series that is great for any age young kids are the Beatrice Potter books: Peter Rabbit, Flopsy Bunnies, Benjamin Bunny, many more. My very young grandsons loved them as well as daughters when young... When a child really likes

Re: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids?

2014-03-03 Thread Carol Makosky
This message is from: Carol Makosky cmako...@sirentel.net Don't forget the My Friend Flicka series. On 3/3/14 11:30 AM, Mary Ofjord wrote: This message is from: Mary Ofjordma...@boreal.org When I was a kid, The Black Stallion (and that whole series) topped my WOW! Those were my

Re: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids?

2014-03-03 Thread Lori Albrough
This message is from: Lori Albrough l...@bluebirdlane.com On 3/03/14 12:45 PM, Carol Makosky wrote: Don't forget the My Friend Flicka series. My Friend Flicka is a great book. I read it first when I was eleven, though, and I wasn't mature enough to understand a fair bit of it. One

Re: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids?

2014-03-03 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com Thank you Thank you! A question. Ebay has a 1993 reprint that is cheaper than the other Wesley Dennis illustrated versions. I suspect they cut the number of illustrations or the color saturation. I would prefer to get the beautifully

Re: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids?

2014-03-03 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com His face assumed that look, Ask me after class he replied. But I had immediately recognized the compression of the facial features, and knew I was onto something: Is it anything like a gelding? I got an incredible laugh out of this! Gail

Re: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids? Hi Mary O!

2014-03-03 Thread Kay Van Natta
This message is from: Kay Van Natta jadeb...@aol.com Hi Mary! I used to imagine the same thing on car trips when I was a kid! Riding the Black alongside the car...jumping over fences and ditches, dodging houses and stores and people. I think this may represent the main video game for

Re: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids?

2014-03-03 Thread Diana Calder
This message is from: Diana Calder dcal...@gmail.com I'm not sure about the 1993 reprint, but reviews on Amazon indicate that the 2012 reprints aren't the Wesley Dennis illustrations. Also, the Album of Horses isn't one of her stories, it's a collection of breed info, judging by the Amazon

Re: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids?

2014-03-03 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com It appears that one has to buy the books published between 1945 and 1965 to get the original illustrations. There seem to be later reprints, but people complain that the Wesley Dennis Illustrations are in black and white. here is a list of her

Fjord Wanted

2014-03-03 Thread lisa galletti
This message is from: lisa galletti dante091...@sbcglobal.net I'm searching for my next fjord and here's what I'm after. 14 to 14.3 hands, 7 to 17 years old with easy to sit gaits, a solid whoa and stands well for mounting/dismounting from a block, neck reining nice but not a necessity,

Re: Age appropriate horse books for grandkids?

2014-03-03 Thread Steve McIlree
This message is from: Steve McIlree st...@carriagehorse.com On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com wrote: This message is from: Gail Russell g...@zeliga.com It appears that one has to buy the books published between 1945 and 1965 to get the original illustrations.

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2014-03-03 Thread Teressa
This message is from: Teressa tere...@kodiakfishco.com From: Gentle Giants [mailto:gentlegiant...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, March 3, 2014 12:43 PM To: teressa Kandianis Subject: Re: Equestfest Yes, let me get it for you! I believe it is March 16th and March 20th On Mar 3, 2014, at 1:57 PM,

Thanks for your input to my book

2014-03-03 Thread Alice MacGillivray
This message is from: Alice MacGillivray al...@4km.net I know I've thanked some of you, but I wanted to post a thank you to the community as a whole, and mention some of the folks on the acknowledgements page of Riding Horseback in Purple: Re-awakening the Dream of Owning a Horse. Ellen Barry,