The Horse Called Pete
Elisa Bialk, William Moyers
Hardcover
(Houghton Mifflin Co, March 15, 1948)
Davy is nine and disappointments are hard to take, especially when one's emotional life seems dead-ended. And then comes his first circus- a case of love at first sight for a horse -- and a chance to get the horse as his own when it is found that the horse has gone blind and is useless for the circus. A good boy and horse story, with a familiar outline but some new angles. And any good boy and horse story sells. The glossary seems a work of supererogation. What nine year old doesn't know what sweater means? Or loud speaker? Or clown? Kirkus Review