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This was a time to indulge being horse crazy. These are books for older girls who have or are beginning to read independently.

The Trail Ride
4 stars
Author: Catherine Hapka
Illustrator: Anne Kennedy

The book is English riding. It is an I Can Read level 2. It is part of the Pony Scouts series.
Several girls are taking riding lessons at a pony farm. Their instructor is called away. Finishing their lessons, the girls decide to go on a trail ride.
The story and the illustrations make riding look such fun. The ponies are darling. It does stress pony care and riding safety, but only as part of the story and illustrations.

Runaway Radish
5 stars
Author: Jessie Haas
Illustrator: Margot Apple

Radish was born filled with confidence. He knows how to be a good riding horse. But he wants his rider to know how to tell him what to do.
Each child who owns Radish starts off too young to make Radish behave. They learn.
When that child grows up and moves on to a horse, Radish goes to another young child. This child too learns a lot from trying to outsmart Radish.
This book is humorous and has a great ending.