Author: Laverne Hanners Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press ISBN: 9780806130552 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 228
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Girl on a Pony is the gritty, humorous, unflinchingly courageous story of five children growing up on a cattle ranch in the remote Valley of the Dry Cimarron in northeastern New Mexico near the little border town of Kenton, Oklahoma. Narrated years later by the oldest daughter, LaVerne, it is a vivid and authentic portrait of ranching life between the two world wars, from 1925, when the family moved to the Goodson Ranch from a half-dugout claim shack in Colorado, to 1936, when they began to disperse. During those years, people in the region endured blizzards, sick and maddened animals, drought, the Dust Bowl, and the Great Depression-with stoic good humor. In Girl on a Pony, cowboys go about their daily tasks, teaching the children all they know. Women endure the hardships of life in an isolated area, coping with the brutal labor ranch life requires of them, and maintaining touches of beauty and civilization where they can-creating lawns from relentlessly rocky soil, holding dances for their children, and painstakingly tatting when all else fails.
Author: Angharad Thompson Rees Publisher: ISBN: 9781386868934 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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"How dare a penniless commoner own the prettiest pony in the land!"Franny, a penniless farmers daughter, discovers a magnificent wild pony roaming free. The flame red mare is said to impossible to break, but Franny can ride her with no bridle or saddle whatsoever.But when the kingdom’s spoilt princess watches the regal pony ridden by the peasant girl, she is enraged with jealousy. She wants the pony and Franny is powerless to stop her. Will the girl and her pony get separated forever or can the power of friendship overcome the princess’s selfish demands once and for all?
Author: Elizabeth Friedrich Publisher: Astra Publishing House ISBN: 1563978288 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 34
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Set in the Dust Bowl of the 1930's, here is a moving story that Parents Magazine calls a "poignant tale of how a little girl with a big heart saves the family farm and inspires an entire town." Leah's pony is swift and strong. Together they ride, crossing through cornfields and over pastures, chasing cattle as they gallop under summer skies. Then one year, the corn grows no taller than a man's thumb. Locusts blacken the sky, and the earth turns to dust. Gone were the cornfields and pastures where Leah and her pony used to ride. It is the beginning of the great drought, and Leah's father faces losing the family farm. But Leah's bravely decides to act. This deeply felt story, vividly portrayed through stunning oil paintings, tells the story of a selfless young woman and her sacrifice for her family.
Author: Halimah Marcus Publisher: HarperCollins ISBN: 0063009269 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 268
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“A wild, rollicking ride into the heart of horse country—these essays get at what it means to love horses, in all that love's complexity.” —Anton DiSclafani, author of The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls A compelling and provocative essay collection that smashes stereotypes and redefines the meaning of the term “horse girl,” broadening it for women of all cultural backgrounds. As a child, horses consumed Halimah Marcus’ imagination. When she wasn’t around horses she was pretending to be one, cantering on two legs, hands poised to hold invisible reins. To her classmates, girls like Halimah were known as “horse girls,” weird and overzealous, absent from the social worlds of their peers. Decades later, when memes about “horse girl energy,” began appearing across social media—Halimah reluctantly recognized herself. The jokes imagine girls as blinkered as carriage ponies, oblivious to the mockery behind their backs. The stereotypical horse girl is also white, thin, rich, and straight, a daughter of privilege. Yet so many riders don’t fit this narrow, damaging ideal, and relate to horses in profound ways that include ambivalence and regret, as well as unbridled passion and devotion. Featuring some of the most striking voices in contemporary literature—including Carmen Maria Machado, Pulitzer-prize winner Jane Smiley, T Kira Madden, Maggie Shipstead, and Courtney Maum—Horse Girls reframes the iconic bond between girls and horses with the complexity and nuance it deserves. And it showcases powerful emerging voices like Braudie Blais-Billie, on the connection between her Seminole and Quebecois heritage; Sarah Enelow-Snyder, on growing up as a Black barrel racer in central Texas; and Nur Nasreen Ibrahim, on the colonialist influence on horse culture in Pakistan. By turns thought-provoking and personal, Horse Girls reclaims its titular stereotype to ask bold questions about autonomy and desire, privilege and ambition, identity and freedom, and the competing forces of domestication and wildness.
Author: Charlotte Dujardin Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1473544270 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 272
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*THE TOP 10 BESTSELLER FROM THE MOST DECORATED BRITISH FEMALE OLYMPIAN IN HISTORY* 'Refreshingly honest [...] a highly enjoyable, fascinating read.' Horse and Hound _______________________________________________ "To ride into that arena, next to a sea of British flags and hear the roar of clapping and cheering, was so exciting. It's a sound I will never, ever forget." Charlotte Dujardin and her charismatic horse Valegro burst onto the international sports scene with their record-breaking performance at the London, 2012 Olympics. The world was captivated by the young woman with the dazzling smile and her dancing horse. But no one quite knew what it took to get there, nor how hard the path to success would be - until now. Dujardin began riding horses at the age of two, but dressage was firmly the domain of the wealthy, not the life of a girl from a middle-class family. Her parents sacrificed all and with a undeterred focus, Charlotte left school at 16 to follow her dream. When she was invited to be a groom for the British Olympian Carl Hester, she began to ride Valegro, a dark bay gelding and an unbreakable bond was formed. This is their incredible story.
Author: Angharad Thompson Rees Publisher: ISBN: 9780648070207 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 196
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Discover six heartwarming and beautiful tales woven with love and magic, capturing the irreplaceable bond between a child and their pony. Lose yourself in wondrous adventures as you follow the brave children and their courageous ponies through the land of Faerie and beyond.
Author: Jeanne Betancourt Publisher: Scholastic Inc. ISBN: 9780590866002 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 98
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Lulu's father asks the Pony Pals to spend time with a friends's daughter. Though Melissa Prince is the same age as the Pony Pals, they have nothing else in common.
Author: Marilyn D. Anderson Publisher: ISBN: 9781581240405 Category : Girls Languages : en Pages : 124
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Two different girls and two different horses. One rides western and one rides English, but they both love their animals and will fight hard to keep them. Read about both girls in one book: A Girl and Her Horse, Book #1--Commodore and Sparkler. Commodore: Jennifer Kerr is happy riding her pony Easy in hunter classes until he hurts his leg in a fall. Her father ignores her wish to stick with Easy and buys her a horse so big and scary that she looks like a fool when she tries to ride him. Will she ever learn to ride Commodore? Sparkler: Garnet Grant has taken a bad fall off Duke, her gentle western pleasure horse, and now she¿s afraid to ride. Then she falls in love with a horse that¿s all wrong for her. Sparkler is afraid of everything and his body is full of wildfire. His dark eyes haunt her, and she knows she must own him. Can Garnet tame the proud spirit of this young Arabian?
Author: Carrie Seim Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0593095499 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 241
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Mean Girls meets Black Beauty in Horse Girl by celebrated author Carrie Seim--a funny and tender middle-grade novel about finding your forever herd. "This book is funny and exciting. Beautifully portrays both the pleasures and risks of riding horses and also of being a teen. Very original, and a great pleasure to read."--Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Wills is a seventh grader who's head-over-hoof for horses, and beyond excited when she gets the chance to start training at the prestigious Oakwood Riding Academy. But Amara--the Queen of the #HorseGirls--and her posse aren't going to let the certifiably dork-tagious Wills trot her way into their club so easily. Between learning the reins of horse riding, dealing with her Air Force pilot mom being stationed thousands of miles from home, and keeping it together in front of (gasp!) Horse Boys, Wills learns that becoming a part of the #HorseGirl world isn't easy. But with her rescue horse, Clyde, at her side, it sure will be fun. Complete with comedic, original hoof notes to acquaint the less equestrian among us, Horse Girl delivers everything a young readers wants: mean girls, boy problems, and embarrassingly goofy dad jokes. And it does so on the back of a pony.
Author: Laverne Hanners
Author: Angharad Thompson Rees
Author: Elizabeth Friedrich
Author: Christine Taylor-Butler
Author: Halimah Marcus
Author: Charlotte Dujardin
Author: Angharad Thompson Rees
Author: Jeanne Betancourt
Author: Marilyn D. Anderson
Author: Carrie Seim