King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
by Marguerite Henry
Age: 8+
Interests: horses, animals, horse racing, history, sport
King of the Wind
07 Apr 2014 1 Comment
in Books, books 8+ Tags: animals, British history, history, horse racing, horses, sports
Smoky the Cowhorse
20 Feb 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 9+ Tags: animals, cowboys, horses
Smoky the Cowhorse
written and illustrated by Will James
Age: 9+
Interests: horses, cowboys, animals
We Couldn’t Leave Dinah
12 Feb 2014 2 Comments
in Books Tags: adventure, British history, history, horses, spies, war, WWII
We Couldn’t Leave Dinah
by Mary Treadgold
Age: 10+
Interests: war, spies, history, horses, British history, WWII
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
17 Jan 2013 3 Comments
in Books, books 4+, books 7+, Classics Tags: adventure, boats, circus, horses, ocean, pirates, royalty, toys, travel
Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse
by Ursula Moray Williams
originally published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., London, 1938
253 pp. – 19 chapters
Age: (read to) 4+ ; (independent reading) 7+
Interests: horses, toys come to life, travel, adventures, pirates, circus
by the same author: Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat, The Further Adventures of Gobbolino and the Little Wooden Horse
Horses in Battle
12 Mar 2012 2 Comments
in Books, books 10+ Tags: American history, British history, history, horses, knights, nonfiction, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER – 1975
by Victor Ambrus
Oxford, 1975
39 pp.
Age: 10+
Interests: nonfiction, history, horses, war, knights
Also by this author: The Three Poor Tailors, Mishka, Drawing Animals, Drawing on Archaeology
Shortcut
03 Mar 2012 3 Comments
in Books, books 6+ Tags: animals, automobiles, balloons, birds, horses, mystery, pets, pigs, trains
by David Macaulay
Houghton Mifflin, 1995
64 pp.
Age: 6+
Interests: mystery, trains, animals, birds, pigs, horses, balloons, cars, boats
Also by this author: Black and White, Cathedral: The Story of its Construction, The Way Things Work
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
07 Feb 2012 2 Comments
in Books, books 4+ Tags: First Nations, folktales, horses, nature
CALDECOTT MEDAL WINNER – 1979
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
by Paul Goble
Simon & Schuster, 1978
32 pp.
Age: 4+
Interests: horses, First Nations legends, folktales
Also by this author: Mystic Horse, The Great Race of the Birds and Animals, Star Boy, Death of the Iron Horse, Buffalo Woman, The Gift of the Sacred Dog, Song of Creation, and many others
Tangled (2010)
16 Aug 2011 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 5+ Tags: action, chase, Fairy Tale, horses, Magic, Princess, romance
Rated: PG for brief mild violence
Length: 100 min.
Age: 5 and up. Commonsense Media sez: 5 +
Scary Factor: not overly scary, mostly just suspenseful chase scenes; scary-looking thugs in tavern are revealed to be sweethearts; Rapunzel is briefly menaced near the end by villains
Violence: Rapunzel repeatedly knocks Flynn unconscious with a frying pan for comedic effect; Mother Gothel stabs Flynn at the end; Mother Gothel falls to her death – though she disappears before she hits the ground, aged right out of existence
Intense: it appears as though Flynn dies in a very sad scene at the end, but he revives; psychological abuse Mother Gothel inflicts on Rapunzel may trouble some
Bad Behaviour: no bad language; there is beer in the tavern, but this is underplayed
Interests: princesses, fairy tales, magic, romance, horses, action, chases
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Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007)
26 Apr 2011 Leave a comment
in Movies, movies 3+ Tags: castle, horses, Magic, Princess
(straight to DVD)
Rated: unrated
Length: 56m
Age: 3 +
Scary factor: nonexistent
Interests: the Disney princess brand
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