Horse diaries
Author
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 1
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
113 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 19 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
114 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 3
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
136 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 5
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 6
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
153 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
153 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 8
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
154 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Despite the dangers, Black Cloud enjoys his life as a wild mustang colt in 1951 Nevada but when humans round up and slaughter his herd, he is rescued by a talkative girl named Annie who gives him a safe and comfortable life, lacking nothing but freedom.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 9
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
139 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 10
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
142 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 11
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Special edition, first edition.
Physical Desc
171 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
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.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 12
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
141 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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: Cinders
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 13
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this Horse Diaries–meets–Dog Diaries Special Crossover Edition, a horse with a bad reputation meets his match in a no-nonsense fire dog and the biggest, hottest flames Chicago has ever seen!
In the 1800s, firefighters needed horses to pull the fire trucks. But horses spook easily and run away from fire—so they needed fire dogs.
Cinders is a dappled...
In the 1800s, firefighters needed horses to pull the fire trucks. But horses spook easily and run away from fire—so they needed fire dogs.
Cinders is a dappled...
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 14
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
145 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1570s Spain, Calvino, an Andalusian horse, is purchased from the Moreno estate in Seville to join King Phillip's stable in Cordoba.
15) Lily: Lily
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 15
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Formats
Description
For all lovers of horses and history! In the latest book in the Horse Diaries series, meet Lily, a strawberry roan Welsh pony with a competitive heart!
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...
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...
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 16
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
142 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Penny is a blue-eyed palomino paint mare with a taste for adventure! She and a boy named Jesse search for gold in Northern California. After striking it rich and then losing everything, Jesse and Penny join the Pony Express. The job is a tough one, but Penny loves a challenge! Here is Penny's story ... in her own words.