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Just finished reading this old favorite with my 8 year old son. It was not only my favorite but my Mom's; the book was published in 1947. What little kid doesn't go through a phase of loving horses...even kids like my own who live in the city and have never seen a real horse!
It is a fun, engaging read but I had to fix the regional dialect in some places, because English isn't my son's dominant language. I also got my feminist panties in a twist because the gender roles are truly antiquated. The ...more
It is a fun, engaging read but I had to fix the regional dialect in some places, because English isn't my son's dominant language. I also got my feminist panties in a twist because the gender roles are truly antiquated. The ...more
The depth with which I loved this book as a child cannot be textually rendered, and I re-read it every year and still love it absolutely as much now as I did then.
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One of the books listed in "1001 Children's Books" in 8+ (for once, I agree with the age)
I read this to my kids a year or two ago, a chapter or two at a time, and they were suitably entranced. This was actually the first time *I'D* read this book, too! ...more
I read this to my kids a year or two ago, a chapter or two at a time, and they were suitably entranced. This was actually the first time *I'D* read this book, too! ...more
How I loved this when I was little.
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