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1) Black beauty
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"A jet-black young colt, Black Beauty, spends his early years in a cozy meadow growing up with a gentle master, a strong mother and an ideal upbringing. Through the years, he changes hands with different masters some rough, some kind, some indifferent. Black Beauty's experiences throughout his life give him lessons on real friendship, loss, hardship and human nature. Gallop with Black Beauty as he grows into a worn yet mature and handsome, dutiful...
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The show horse or the racing steed, the friendly mount or the breeding stallion, the draft horse or the companion: Whatever sort of horse you're raising-or even thinking about raising-this book provides all the information you'll need, such as basic health care, housing, feed, and raising foals. An essential primer for the newcomer to horse care as well as an invaluable resource for the veteran, this clearly and amply illustrated guide covers the...
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English
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Keeping your horse at home can be as wonderful and idyllic as it sounds, but there are also a lot of things which need to be taken into consideration to make sure you and your horse's new home are ready. This book will guide you through some of the potential pitfalls, providing a simple and easily digestible overview of basic at-home horse health and care.
6) Wild horses
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Describes the history and physical characteristics of the wild horses found in the western United States.
8) Horses!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Presents information on horses, including their physical characteristics, behavior, and how to ride a horse.
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Saddle up for this first volume in a spin-off series starring favorite characters from DiCamillo's "New York Times"-bestselling Mercy Watson books. Leroy Ninker has a hat, a lasso, and boots. What he doesn't have is a horse--until he meets Maybelline, and then it's love at first sight.
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Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
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English
Description
Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.
11) Paint the wind
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
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English
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After her overprotective grandmother has a stroke, Maya, an orphan, leaves her extremely restricted life in California to stay with her mother's family on a remote Wyoming ranch, where she discovers a love of horses and encounters a wild mare that her mother once rode.
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English
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Anthropologist and equestrian expert Susanna Forrest presents a singular, sweeping panorama of the horse's prominent role across time and in societies around the world. Combining fascinating anthropological detail and incisive personal anecdotes, Forrest illustrates how our evolution has coincided with that of horses. Unique, passionate, and insightful, this book investigates the complexities of human and horse coexistence, brilliantly revealing the...
14) Horse
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English
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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...
15) Touch the moon
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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When the china horse Jennifer receives for her birthday is magically transformed into a real horse, they share an evening of fantastic adventures.
16) Gift horse
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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Matt finds it easy to believe that his great-uncle will give him a horse; caring for it after it arrives proves to be the greater challenge.
17) Runaway ponies
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Pony scouts volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Staying with fellow Pony Scout Jill while her parents are away for the weekend, Meg looks forward to spending time with her friends and caring for Jill's ponies until an unlatched stall leads to a dramatic rescue effort.
19) Horses
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Uses simple text and photographs to provide children with basic information about horses.
20) Horses
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces horses to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
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