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Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots but he doesn't have a horse. Then he meets a horse named Maybelline and the two become best friends until Leroy forgets one of the rules for caring for Maybelline and the two are separated. Now Leroy must brave a storm to rescue Maybelline, and in the process, he encounters some familiar characters including Stella, Frank, Mrs. Watson, and Mercy the pig.
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"Velveteen Vargas is eleven years old, a Fresh Air Fund kid from Brooklyn. Her host family is a couple in upstate New York: Ginger, a failed artist and shakily recovered alcoholic, and her academic husband, Paul. Gaitskill illuminates their shifting relationships over several years, as well as Velvet's encounter with the horses at the stable down the road. Mare is the story of a girl and a horse, joined with a story of people from different races...
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Molly has always dreamed of taking horseback riding lessons, but the lessons were too expensive, until now. A new stable has opened up in town and Molly convinces her parents to let her sign up for classes. Everything is great, except that two girls at school keep making fun of Molly.
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"Three orphans journey westward from New York City to...Montana, hoping for a better life where beautiful wild horses roam free. Fate guides them toward the ranch of a family stricken by loss. Nara, the daughter of a successful cattleman, has grown into a brusque spinster who refuses the kids on sight...[but] when Charles is jailed for freeing wild horses that were rounded up for slaughter, and an abusive mother from New York shows up to take the...
9) War horse
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Albert and his horse, Joey, are like brothers even though they aren't the same species. When Joey is sold into the army during World War I, Albert enlists in the army in an attempt to be reunited with Joey. Both horse and boy experience the horrors of war until finally a miracle brings the two friends together again.
10) Tony
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"Follow this touching tale of a boy and his friendship with a horse, by the late poet Ed Galing and illustrated with remarkable tenderness by Caldecott-winning artist Erin Stead"--Provided by publisher.
11) Horse
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"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...
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"Princesses Denna and Mare are in love and together at last--only to face a new set of dangers. Mare just wants to settle down with the girl she loves, which would be easier if Denna weren't gifted with forbidden and volatile fire magic. Denna must learn to control her powers, which means traveling in secret to the kingdom of Zumorda, where she can seek training without fear of persecution. Determined to help, Mare has agreed to serve as an ambassador...
16) Cowardly Clyde
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For a war horse, Clyde is an abysmal coward, but he finally decides that even if he isn't brave he can at least act brave.
17) The perfect pony
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While searching for a sleek, fast, and spirited pony to own, a young girl comes to realize that the "perfect" pony is actually very different.
18) Midnight & Moon
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"Moon cannot see but he hears sounds that other horses ignore: the eggshell crack of a meadow lark hatching. The glide of a salamander into the pond. Clara does not speak but she hears sounds that other children ignore: the hum of the oven when her mother bakes muffins. The sound of the cat's paws on the kitchen floor. Both the foal and the little girl live with challenges. Both also have special qualities, which are recognized by friends who are...
19) Harry's pony
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When Harry wins a pony in a contest, his friends try to find a way to help him keep it, but it is his aunt and her friends who come up with a solution.
20) The sea pony
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On an island off the coast of Maine, where children ride lobster boats to school, Piper wants a horse but finds, instead, another object hidden in the red maple tree.
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