Appaloosa Zebra: A Horse Lover's Alphabet

by Jessie Haas, Margo Apple (Illustrator)

Horses, horses, horses! Enough horses for horse lovers young enough to need an alphabet book or old enough to read Xenophon. Here are horses from A (Appaloosas and Arabians) right through each of the twenty-six letters. The narrator dreams of having a horse farm with all these horses on it The young reader doesn't have to dreamhere it is, a present from Jessie Haas and Margot Apple. Pull up a saddle and join in this incredible equine experience. Horses, horses, horses!

Genres: Horses, Picture Books, Childrens

40 pages, Hardcover

First published January 22, 2002

About the author

Jessie Haas has written over 35 books for children and adults, many about horses--a lifelong passion. She currently owns a Morgan mare, Robin, who is being clicker-trained to be a trail and pasture-dressage horse. She lives in a small, off-grid house in the woods with husband Michael J. Daley, two cats and a dog. When not writing or riding or reading she likes to knit, cook, and write, or ride, or read.

Reviews

[Sandra Vicars · Rating 5 out of 5]

A whimsical ABC book about a young girl's dream of one day having many horses. The drawings are fantastic. There are many words for each letter, including words such as extinct, levades and nicker. Children will delight at the antics of the horses and learn some history as well.

[Rachel Olive · Rating 3 out of 5]

Summary: This book is an alphabet book all about horses. The book ranges from telling different types of horses or certain equipment for horses. The little girl narrating the story uses an excitement filled tone which relays her enjoyment and passion about horses. There is a dream that the narrator describes of one day owning a horse farm, which explains why she loves horses so much.

Analysis: I think this book is an above average alphabet book. Not only does it relay to a young kid who's learning the alphabet all the letters, but even to an elementary school student this book was filled with a wide variety of vocabulary. The illustrations provided a detailed image of what these A-Z horses look like exciting the reader even more. It is conflicting to say which age would best for understanding this book, but even though it is an alphabet book the vocabulary range is too large for just a kindergartener to understand fully without help.

How I would use this book: I would recommend this book to elementary school teachers who are looking for an exciting way to teach vocabulary and literary devices. A common one that was used throughout each letter were alliterations. These added new vocabulary words that would challenge the kids to look up and explore. This book showed the passion a girl had for horses, which could in turn act as a guiding tool for kids to do a project on what their favorite animal is.

[Meghan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Appaloosa Zebra is an ABC picture book. This would be a great book for children who love horses. The book tells a story about a little girl that dreams to own a horse farm and throughout the story. Each page names a horse with a different level of the alphabet and some pages even have adjectives starting with the same letter. Not only is this book a fun read, you learn about horses at the same time. Every page of the book as very soft drawn illustrations that look almost as if they were colored with crayon or colored pencil. I think that is a cute way to illustrate because that is how children often draw.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved this book

[Yantai]

Appaloosa zebra
A horse lovers alphabet

[Christy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horses, horses, horses Enough horses for horse lovers young enough to need an alphabet book or old enough to read Xenophon. Here are horses from A (Appaloosas and Arabians) right through each of the twenty-six letters. The narrator dreams of having a horse farm with all these horses on it The young reader doesn't have to dreamhere it is, a present from Jessie Haas and Marg...mor

[Edna · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's okay if a child is really, really into horses, other than that, it may have limited interest and would probably not draw a broad group of children. The history of the horse in the back was probably the best part of the book . . .

[Bailey]

All of the different kinds of horses or what horses can do, corresponding with a single letter. Great alphabet book because all letters, such as A and G were in correct form that children learn. Keeps kids interested while educating about horses.

[Rebekah · Rating 4 out of 5]

This might be my favorite alphabet book.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

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