This is an amazing book narrated by a horse named Joey during WWI. Joey does different jobs and ends up traveling a lot during the course of the war. It touches on some hard topics and has some truly sad scenes, but it also has a happy ending.
#MiddleGrade #MiddleGradeMonday #WWI #MsDsLibrary
Interesting presentation at the senior center today about animals in the Civil War. (Spoiler alert: no elephants were involved.) Here‘s the same presentation a few months ago at a different venue. https://youtu.be/lPijg-c0lvI?si=T0M1yIxG0ZxizbfK
#animalPOV #springskies
pickThis was one of my favorite series as a child. I was definitely a horse girl. Reread for the children‘s classic group.
panDidn‘t really like this one, lots of travelling scenes, very little dialogue and the antagonists were the same as other generic jealous stallions from other Silver Brumby books. I found myself getting bored overall. The new characters were fine and the cave labyrinth was kind of interesting though.
It is a beautiful story, though some part felt sad. I am not a horse person, but I love to read about these beautiful creatures. I especially like the vivid geographical descriptions in the book and illustrations. Thank you for selecting this book for #childrensclassicread2024 @thebookhippie 😍 😻 😻
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Like many of the #ChildrensClassicRead2024 group, I wasn‘t a horse girlie & beyond Black Beauty, I didn‘t read horsey books as a child. My best friend in junior high had a horse & I did get to ride him. Still, I enjoyed this sweet & mostly fun story (OK, the Pony Penning Day made me sad). My friend did collect 🐎 figures & although the covers show Phantom as the same color as Misty the collector figures show her as black & white.🤔
pickI never went through a horse crazy phase, so I didn‘t read these any of these Marguerite Henry books as a kid. They make for an enjoyable and relaxing listen now.
#ChildrensClassicRead2024 #audiobook #MiddleGrade
I did my #HyggeHour a bit earlier from 7 PM -8 PM tonight as I seemed to have caught a doozy of a cold this weekend & I‘m about to go to sleep because tomorrow is a workday full of Zoom meetings. 🤧😬
Soup for dinner, hot tea (not shown) & blankets. Read a little of my #TravelingStars book & then switched to the tagged book for #ChildrensClassicRead2024 on my Kindle.
#HyggeHourReadathon #Naturalitsy
pickSpent a lovely Saturday morning doing some laundry and baking while listening to this #childrensclassic2024 pick. It's a simple story but the writing has depth and nuance. Even the horses (Phantom and Misty) have excellent character development. I was never a horsey girl but I might have been had I read this when I was young. 🤎🐎 @TheBookHippie
