Books with title The Race Horse

Intrepid detective Isaac Bell engages in his most dangerous case yet. It is the early years of the 20th century, air travel is in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first flier to cross America in less than fifty days. He is even sponsoring one of the candidates - a barnstorming woman flier named Josephine Frost - and that's where Isaac Bell comes in. Frost's violent-tempered business magnate husband, Harry, has just killed her lover and tried to kill her and now he's on the run - but Whiteway is sure he'll try again. Not that that's news to Bell. He tangled with Harry Frost ten years before, and lost badly. He knows that Frost has access to thieves, murderers and thugs in every city in the country. He knows Frost won't just be coming after his wife, but after Whiteway. And Bell knows that if he takes the case, Frost will be after him, too. Yes, Bell knows all that...but he still has no idea what he has just gotten himself into. Things are not quite what they seem to him - and that will prove to be a very fatal mistake indeed.

The zodiac race is starting soon! Henri the Horse wants to win the race, but he lives really far away. Will he make it there in time?In addition to climbing tall mountains and entering dark forests, he will also have to make it across a scorching desert! Will he get lost?Join Henri's adventure to see how he uses his knowledge and wits to meet every challenge! Little readers will find out about how Henri the Horse claimed his Zodiac sign, and also learn the order in which all the zodiac animals were placed in the race. W C Jefferson's charming rhymes and T F Wister's whimsical drawings bring to life a new version of an ancient tale of how the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac came to have a year named after them.

The beautiful princess is of age and must choose a husband who will become the new king. She has three suitors. Simon is handsome and charmingbut he only sees the princess as his chance to become a wealthy ruler. Thomas is the mighty captain of the guardbut he wants the princess to choose him only so he can gain the peoples admiration. John is handsome but a simple commoner with a compassionate heartbut he alone truly loves the kindhearted princess. All three men behave perfectly in the princesss presence: how can she tell their true characters? After getting advice from her father the king and her mother the queen, an unusual race is designed to reveal the best man to marry.

In Race Horses, young students will have a thrilling adventure as they discover the exciting world of racing. Written in a narrative style that profiles champion horses in action, Race Horses introduces kids to the long history of the sport of kings. They'll read about the different competitive horse races held around the world, and learn how different breeds are trained to become champions of the race track. Along the way, kids will meet such famous champion horses as Secretariat and Man o' War, as well as the jockeys who ride them. Kids also will encounter the sport's dangerous side, so tragically illustrated by the disaster that befell Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro in the 2006 Preakness Stakes.

It's 1905 in New Mexico Territory, and John Chavez, a survivor of Victorio's band of Mescalero Apache warriors whom we first met in Horse of Seven Moons, is now an adult with teenage children of his own. Life is difficult on the reservation, and after the death of his beloved wife, John decides to send his daughter, Isabel, to the Indian Industrial boarding school in far-off Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to get a fine education and leave the reservation village. Reluctantly, Isabel agrees to go, although she doesn't want to leave her family or the horses she secretly trains on the reservation.At first Carlisle is everything Isabel and her father hoped for, but the school is not immune to tragedy, and Isabel must confront her fears of death and loss. She finds new horses to train and love, linking her life and passion to the horse her father is training for her as a special surprise back home. This story of the tribulations of early reservation life that led to the modern-day triumphs of the Mescalero people also offers a rare glimpse at the strengths of education at Carlisle, largely remembered for its flaws.