Horse Book Wrap-Up
Our stack of "favorite" horse books. We borrowed many more! These are the books that my boys (all three of them) decided make the cut as excellent books on horses, donkeys, or mules.
The book pictured above is one from the "favorite" series (we borrowed 7 from this series).
Mark's says with great authority, "It's a very good series!".
These books have a nice photograph to text ratio (lots of attractive photos of horses), a "quick fact" page in the front of each book, a history of the horse breed, lots of information on the particular breed, a glossary of terms, and more book recommendations.
The book pictured above held particular appeal to my boys as the Appaloosa is an American breed that was developed by the
Nez Perces.
They are not happy to have to return this series of books to the library.
Mark's says with great authority, "It's a very good series!".
These books have a nice photograph to text ratio (lots of attractive photos of horses), a "quick fact" page in the front of each book, a history of the horse breed, lots of information on the particular breed, a glossary of terms, and more book recommendations.
The book pictured above held particular appeal to my boys as the Appaloosa is an American breed that was developed by the
Nez Perces.
They are not happy to have to return this series of books to the library.
This is one that we are going to try to add to our home library.
Lots of nuts and bolts information on "basic training techniques and riding skills such as mounting, saddling, reining, stopping and starting, and posture among other topics". (italics from school library journal)
For the student who is serious about the subject, this is a very readable guide. My boys love it!
Lots of nuts and bolts information on "basic training techniques and riding skills such as mounting, saddling, reining, stopping and starting, and posture among other topics". (italics from school library journal)
For the student who is serious about the subject, this is a very readable guide. My boys love it!
These two books are recommended by Mark (10yo).
Wonders of Mules is Mark's favorite of all of our horse/donkey/mule books that we borrowed from the library. He enjoyed learning that "dumb mule" is a misnomer. If a mule's ear hit something, it ducks. A horse, however, tosses his head in fright. Similarly a mule that runs into barbed wire will stand still for assistance (although mules usually avoid such things) while a horse will thrash around. Mark did not enjoy the section of mule lore- information such as the ancient Greek moon goddess riding a mule to heaven did not appeal to him. We just skimmed that chapter and he loved the rest.
"Mules and War" was a favorite chapter.
In looking on amazon.com to link this book, I noticed the reading level is noted as baby-preschool. My guess is that there was an error with that assessment. I would say reading "on your own" level would be ages 6-10. Interest level ages 6 and older. We read this book together and I admit to learning alot about mules as well. ;) You can click the pictures below to take a peek inside this book.
Wonders of Mules is Mark's favorite of all of our horse/donkey/mule books that we borrowed from the library. He enjoyed learning that "dumb mule" is a misnomer. If a mule's ear hit something, it ducks. A horse, however, tosses his head in fright. Similarly a mule that runs into barbed wire will stand still for assistance (although mules usually avoid such things) while a horse will thrash around. Mark did not enjoy the section of mule lore- information such as the ancient Greek moon goddess riding a mule to heaven did not appeal to him. We just skimmed that chapter and he loved the rest.
"Mules and War" was a favorite chapter.
In looking on amazon.com to link this book, I noticed the reading level is noted as baby-preschool. My guess is that there was an error with that assessment. I would say reading "on your own" level would be ages 6-10. Interest level ages 6 and older. We read this book together and I admit to learning alot about mules as well. ;) You can click the pictures below to take a peek inside this book.
Jotted down these titles for my little horse lover.
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