Good reads for a horse-obsessed 8 year old girl?
Good reads for a horse-obsessed 8 year old girl?
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Black Stallion
The Black Stallion series…
Black Beauty!
^These. I also enjoyed the Flicka books.
I grew up reading The Saddle Club series.
War Horse. A Horse And His Boy. Animal Farm. The Last Unicorn.
Animal Farm?
Remember Boxer?
Probably a bit upsetting for a kid, though….
I second the Misty of Chincoteague series – amazing books. A few weeks ago Costco had the set for sale – maybe they still do.
Riding Freedom
My daughter loved the Misty books. We even found the movie from 1961!
The Thoroughbred series
Marguerite Henry books, National Velvet, Stablemates series, Horse Diaries series, The Winter Horse by Philip Kerr, Horse Heroes, My Friend Flicka
I just did a double take … my son is Phillip (2 L’s) Kerr! We knew about the author but it always takes me by surprise!!
Gib and The Grey Ghost and Gib Rides Home.
I loved The Saddle Club books when I was that age!
Black Beauty and the Heartland book series
Black Beauty
Misty of Chincoteague for sure. We stayed at a B&B on Chincoteague Island a few years back. Turned out to be the house in which Marguerite Henry lived when she wrote the book. I could just picture it.
Yes! These too!
I loved the My Friend Flicka books and the Silver Brumby books!
I third the Marguerite Henry books!!! All of them!! I still have my beloved copies on a shelf in my bedroom.
The Saddle Club!
The Black Stallion series.
The Saddle Club were always my favorite
National Velvet the movie.too
There are a few American Girl chapter books about girls with horses (the one I am thinking of is called Sage, I believe).
Black Beauty
Heartland
Gypsy from Nowhere by by Sharon Wagner
The Marguarite Henry books! Who could forget Misty- all those stories were based on true events!
Loved every one of them
There are some AMAZING Australian brumby (like mustangs) stories by Elyne Mitchell (the Silver Brumby series) and Mary Elwyn Pratchett that are classics of Australian children’s fiction if you want something well written
Misty…
Also, this site is excellent for finding horse books: http://www.janebadgerbooks.co.uk/ponybooks.html
Misty!!
National Velvet.
If you can find it, I loved the Thoroughbred series when I was young.
Black Stallion
Anything by marguerite henry
by Mary Ohara – My Friend Flicka, Thunderhead, and Green Grass of Wyoming.
The Scorpio Races, when she’s older.
http://www.readbrightly.com/best-horse-books-for-kids-ages-8-12/ It really depends on her level of reading. As a teacher, I think she would have to be a mature reader to be able to read and comprehend many of these wonderful books. (I’m thinking third grade?). BUT as read alouds, they would be wonderful.
Traveller by Richard Adams (of Watership Down fame) is excellent. Told entirely from the perspective of a horse that exists around humans.
I know they’re a little old-fashioned but I loved Trixie Belden when I was around that age. And there’s a lot about horses in there.
https://www.notconsumed.com/good-horse-books-for-girls/ Many of the books listed above plus some series are listed here. They have reading levels listed with it as well.
Heartland was my favorite at that age!
Not about horses… But my daughter knows every breed and habit and residence… She reads and LOVES “Wings of Fire” (dragon series) and “Seekers” (bear series)
Anything by Marguerite Henry. The Black Stallion series. Black Beauty.
Black Stallion series