This message is from: Alice MacGillivray
I think everyone has covered my fav kids' books. Great nostalgia!
Lori's comment below reminds me of the time the one city teacher in the Denman
Island two room school house asked the class--in a grammar lesson--"What is a
contraction?"
Lori wrote:
His
This message is from: Steve McIlree
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:18 PM, Gail Russell wrote:
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> 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 compl
This message is from: Gail Russell
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 books. http://
This message is from: Diana Calder
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 description and review
This message is from: Kay Van Natta
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
generations prior
This message is from: Gail Russell
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
Important FjordH
This message is from: Gail Russell
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 illustrated version. I
This message is from: Lori Albrough
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 particularly funny life st
This message is from: Carol Makosky
Don't forget the "My Friend Flicka" series.
On 3/3/14 11:30 AM, Mary Ofjord wrote:
This message is from: "Mary Ofjord"
When I was a kid, The Black Stallion (and that whole series) topped my
WOW! Those were my favorite stories too!
Important Fj
This message is from: Me Kint
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 a book, they will
This message is from: "Mary Ofjord"
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, which has the ad
nd it (or a
> second copy) to my 6 year old grandson.
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> And, then there is Black Beauty and other classic horse books.
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> Anyone have any opinions on when to give these classics to kids.
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> I would like to be able to read them to the kids, but, realistically, never
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And, then there is Black Beauty and other classic horse books.
Anyone have any opinions on when to give these classics to kids.
I would like to be able to read them to the kids, but, realistically, never
have significant amounts of time with them to read a book like this
through.
Gail
Important
This message is from: "jerry friz"
Hello folks,
Continuing to clear out things that I'm not using. I have 17 horse related
books that need a good home, let me know if you are interested, give me your
zip, I'll check the media postage. Too many too list all, but, here are a
few,
Workhorse
This message is from: "David McWethy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In preparation for moving, we are still dispersing books.
We're talking Yard Sale, here. Same price for any, $4, which includes
shipping by mail.
I will list a few here:
Vaulting. From German Nta'l Equestrian Assn. 1987 "Offical In
"fly agaric". But I don't wear red jeans and pink blouses *lol*
Hi Anke-
That's for sure! Spending time with your horse/s is the best way to learn
about them. I LOVE to read and have a whole library of horse books. I learn
something from each one, and mix it with the "
I really do have all the books on that page, even the
>ones without reviews (yet!)
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>When I counted, I found I own nearly 50 horse books, and each review
>takes me about an hour, plus all the scanning and formatting, so once I
>got this far I decided to put it up, even though it
This message is from: Lori Albrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Mike May, Registrar NFHR" wrote:
> Very nice Lori! Do you have all of these books?
Thanks Mike! Yes I really do have all the books on that page, even the
ones without reviews (yet!)
When I counted, I found I own ne
This message is from: "Mike May, Registrar NFHR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
At 06:49 PM 2/28/99 -0500, you wrote:
>This message is from: Lori Albrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>I have been working on putting reviews of all the books in my horse
>library on-line. I'm over half done now and wanted to let ever
This message is from: Lori Albrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have been working on putting reviews of all the books in my horse
library on-line. I'm over half done now and wanted to let everyone know
in case you want to check them out. I would be interested in any
feedback or suggestions you might hav
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