Horse diaries
Author
1) Elska
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Around the year 1000, the Icelandic horse named Elska is born and learns about life and her role in the herd, as well as love and friendship, when she rescues the girl to whom she originally belonged. Includes facts about Icelandic horses and Iceland.
2) Bell's Star
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 2
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner Katie rescue a runaway slave and try to outwit the slave catchers in order to help her to freedom.
3) Koda
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Traveling with his owners from Missouri to Oregon in 1848, Koda, an energetic two-year-old quarter horse, finds the long journey increasingly tedious and tiring until his young owner goes missing on the trail and he must use all his skills to find her.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Maestoso Petra, a Lipizzaner stallion, trains to perform in the Spanish Riding School and is hidden away during the German occupation of Austria in World War II. Includes facts about Lipizzaner horses and the world-famous Spanish Riding School.
5) Golden Sun
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Follows Golden Sun, an Appaloosa horse, through several seasons as Little Turtle, a Nez Perce boy, raises and trains him then takes him along on a vision quest in hopes of saving his friend Pale Moon from serious illness.
6) Yatimah
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In a mid-ninth-century Bedouin camp in the Arabian Desert, a horse is born to a prized Arabian war mare who dies during the birth, and the foal is raised with dreams of continuing her mother's glory as a war mare. Includes facts about Arabian horses and their importance to Bedouin tribes.
7) Risky Chance
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In the mid- to late-1930s, Risky Chance grows from a spirited colt to a winning racehorse, but an injury and the Great Depression bring hardship that only a special little girl can help him overcome.
8)
Black Cloud , Horse diaries volume 8
Author
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Although raised on a Southern plantation and owned by a Confederate officer, a Tennessee walking horse helps a slave during the Civil War.
10) Darcy
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 10
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Born on a windy hill off the coast of Ireland in 1917, a Connemara pony named Darcy is sold to a farm family and trained to pull a cart and plow.
11) Jingle Bells
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 11
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In 1915 Wisconsin, a farm horse named Jingle Bells worries that his family will replace him when the older son brings home a brand new Model-T Ford car. Includes facts about Clydesdale horses.
12) Luna
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 12
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the Netherlands in 1855, May, a young member of a circus family who is not permitted to perform because of a twisted foot, bonds with a local Friesian farm horse that she names Luna, and together the two perform a heroic act that changes their futures for the better. Includes facts about Friesian horses.
13)
Cinders , Horse diaries volume 13
Author
14) Calvino
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 14
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
Southern Spain, 1570s Calvino is a dapple-gray Andalusian stallion. He grew up driving cattle in the mountains, but soon he catches the eye of King Philip II's horse master. Now Calvino and his young rider, Rico, must learn the complicated moves of doma clásica riding. Calvino doesn't understand the use of this prancing-until he and Rico are chosen to represent the king in a deadly bullfight that will put all his skills to the test. Here is Calvino's...
15) Lily
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 15
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
SOUTH WALES, 1939: Lily, a strawberry roan Welsh pony, loves Pony Club! She and her rider, Gwen, compete in and win lots of events, including Lily's favorite--jumping! Then Bridget joins the Pony Club. The English girl was sent from London to escape the bombings brought on by war. Gwen tries to be friends, but Bridget is sour and mean. Even worse, Bridget and her horse, Bron, make the perfect jump look easy. Now Gwen and Lily have some real competition....
16) Penny
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 16
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Penny, a blue-eyed palomino paint mare, narrates her experiences with her owner, Buckeye Jack, and Jack's grandson, Jesse, during the 1850s Northern California gold rush.