Ruth Sanderson
1) Bell's Star
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 2
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.
2) Darcy
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 10
Language
English
Formats
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
Language
English
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"After Mary Lennox's parents pass away, she is sent to a large, isolated house in Yorkshire to live with an uncle she has never met. Ill-tempered, obstinate Mary dislikes her new home, but when she finds the key to a locked garden she realises there are fascinating secrets waiting to be uncovered at Misselthwaite Manor. With the help of new friends, Mary resolves to bring the neglected garden back to life - and her own transformation begins. This...
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 4
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.
5) Jingle Bells
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 11
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.
6) Yatimah
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 6
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.
7) Luna
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 12
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.
8) Cinders
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 13
Language
English
Description
"Cinders is a dappled gray Percheron horse during the 1871 Great Chicago Fire"--
9) Lily
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 15
Language
English
Description
In 1939 Wales, a strawberry roan Welsh pony named Lily and her rider Gwen are Pony Club members who enjoy competing in gymkhana games, but the start of World War II brings changes to their routine and a new member to the Pony Club--a prickly girl named Bridget, sent to the country to escape the threat of bombings in London.
10) Penny
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 16
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.