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Books in Horse Diaries series

  • Maestoso Petra

    Jane Kendall, Ruth Sanderson

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, March 9, 2010)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A latest entry in the popular new series is set in 1938 Austria and follows the adventures of a famous Lipizzaner stallion whose life as an admired performer with the Spanish Riding School is put at risk by the outbreak of World War II.
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  • Darcy

    Whitney Sanderson, Ruth Sanderson

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Jan. 8, 2013)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Complemented by an appendix of photos and breed facts, the story of an early 20th-century Connemara pony describes how her strength and resilience enabled her to help her family work the rugged Irish countryside until a fateful day when she discovered a life-changing skill. Simultaneous.
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  • Tennessee Rose

    Jane Kendall, Astrid Sheckels

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 7, 2012)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Enjoying a comfortable existence on a mid-19th-century plantation, a beautiful Tennessee Walking Horse is cared for by a slave groom and begins to question her life and the fairness of slavery when the Civil War approaches.
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  • Horse Diaries #1: Elska

    Catherine Hapka, Ruth Sanderson

    Library Binding (Random House Books for Young Readers, March 24, 2009)
    Iceland, circa AD 1000Elska is a silver dapple Icelandic filly. She spends summers frisking about the countryside and winters in the farmyard, where the girl human Amma takes special care of her. But when a powerful neighbor notices Elska, her contented life suddenly changes. Here is Elska’s story . . . in her own words.From the Hardcover edition.
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  • Black Cloud

    Patricia Hermes, Astrid Sheckels

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Jan. 10, 2012)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Loving his free life in 1950s Nevada, black-and-white mustang colt Black Cloud roams with the rest of his herd and plays with other foals until his world is changed forever by intruding humans, in a story that includes an appendix of mustang photographs and facts as well as a history of the laws protecting them.
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  • Yatimah

    Catherine Hapka, Ruth Sanderson

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Jan. 11, 2011)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Enjoying her life at a ninth-century Arabian Desert oasis, orphaned filly Yatimah learns about her true birthright when the colt who is her foster brother is stolen in a raid, in a story complemented by facts about Arabian horses and Bedouin culture.
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  • Horse Diaries #4: Maestoso Petra

    Jane Kendall, Ruth Sanderson

    Library Binding (Random House Books for Young Readers, March 9, 2010)
    Vienna, Austria, 1938Maestoso Petra is a world-famous Lipizzaner stallion. He has spent years in the Spanish Riding School, training to perform the complex airs above the ground that only Lipizzaner can accomplish. But when World War II breaks out in Europe, he learns to think less about performing and more about survival. Here is Maestoso Petra’s story . . . in his own words.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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  • Horse Diaries #5: Golden Sun

    Whitney Sanderson, Ruth Sanderson

    Library Binding (Random House Books for Young Readers, Aug. 10, 2010)
    For anyone who has ever dreamed of hearing a horse’s story...Oregon, 1790Golden Sun is a chestnut snowflake Appaloosa. In summer, he treks through the mountains with his rider, a Nez Perce boy named Little Turtle, as he gathers healing plants. But when Little Turtle’s best friend falls ill, Golden Sun discovers his true calling. Here is Golden Sun’s story...in his own words.With moving and knowledgeable text and lovely black and white art throughout—by a mother-daughter team of horse experts—this is the perfect fit for all lovers of horses and history!From the Trade Paperback edition.
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  • Black Beauty Diary

    Dinah Dryhurst

    Hardcover (Silver Dolphin, )
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  • The Secret Garden Diary

    Graham Rust

    Hardcover (Silver Dolphin, April 1, 1999)
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  • Risky Chance

    Alison Hart, Ruth Sanderson

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Sept. 13, 2011)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A latest entry in the popular series finds a Depression-era thoroughbred considering the loss of his comfortable life on the track in the aftermath of a terrible accident that reveals a dark truth about horse racing. By the Edgar Award-nominated author of Shadow Horse.
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  • Koda

    Patricia Hermes, Ruth Sanderson

    Library Binding (Turtleback Books, )
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. 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.
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