Ruth Sanderson
1) Bell's Star
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner Katie rescue a runaway slave and try to outwit the slave catchers in order to help her to freedom.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 59
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While in Belgium investigating the mystery surrounding an antique cross, Nancy and her friends learn that her entry in a short story contest may somehow be involved.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew Mysteries volume 58
Language
English
Description
Nancy and her friends, in search of information about a UFO, become involved in another mystery involving the inheritance of an old man who lives in the forest.
4) Koda
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Traveling with his owners from Missouri to Oregon in 1848, Koda, an energetic two-year-old quarter horse, finds the long journey increasingly tedious and tiring until his young owner goes missing on the trail and he must use all his skills to find her.
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Maestoso Petra, a Lipizzaner stallion, trains to perform in the Spanish Riding School and is hidden away during the German occupation of Austria in World War II. Includes facts about Lipizzaner horses and the world-famous Spanish Riding School.
6) Darcy
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Born on a windy hill off the coast of Ireland in 1917, a Connemara pony named Darcy is sold to a farm family and trained to pull a cart and plow.
7) Jingle Bells
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 11
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In 1915 Wisconsin, a farm horse named Jingle Bells worries that his family will replace him when the older son brings home a brand new Model-T Ford car. Includes facts about Clydesdale horses.
8) Risky Chance
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In the mid- to late-1930s, Risky Chance grows from a spirited colt to a winning racehorse, but an injury and the Great Depression bring hardship that only a special little girl can help him overcome.
9) Golden Sun
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Follows Golden Sun, an Appaloosa horse, through several seasons as Little Turtle, a Nez Perce boy, raises and trains him then takes him along on a vision quest in hopes of saving his friend Pale Moon from serious illness.
10) Elska
Author
Series
Horse Diaries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Around the year 1000, the Icelandic horse named Elska is born and learns about life and her role in the herd, as well as love and friendship, when she rescues the girl to whom she originally belonged. Includes facts about Icelandic horses and Iceland.
Series
Language
English
Description
Four classic Christmas and snowy winter stories. First, Clement Clarke Moore's poem that begins with "the stockings were hung by the chimney with care in hopes that St. Nicholas soon weill be there." The second and third are animated Christmas stories about Rosemary Well's characters Max and Morris and their Christmas adventures. The fourth is the telling of Jane Yolen's "Owl moon." where a young girl and her father take a night-time walk in the snowy...
12) Luna
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 12
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In the Netherlands in 1855, May, a young member of a circus family who is not permitted to perform because of a twisted foot, bonds with a local Friesian farm horse that she names Luna, and together the two perform a heroic act that changes their futures for the better. Includes facts about Friesian horses.
13) Calvino
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 14
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
In 1570s Spain, Calvino, an Andalusian horse, is purchased from the Moreno estate in Seville to join King Phillip's stable in Cordoba.
14) Cinders
Author
Series
Horse diaries special edition volume 13
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Cinders is a dappled gray Percheron horse during the 1871 Great Chicago Fire"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
From Caldecott-winning author Jane Yolen comes a delightful picture book for horse lovers big and small!
Hush, little horsie,
Asleep on the moor.
Your mama is close—
That’s what mamas are for.
Mama horses around the world promise to watch over their little ones as the foals frolic and play and eventually fall asleep in this soothing bedtime story. Young horse lovers will drift off with...
Hush, little horsie,
Asleep on the moor.
Your mama is close—
That’s what mamas are for.
Mama horses around the world promise to watch over their little ones as the foals frolic and play and eventually fall asleep in this soothing bedtime story. Young horse lovers will drift off with...
16) Arch of Bone
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Continuing the story from where Moby Dick left off, this compelling boyhood adventure, penned by beloved author Jane Yolen (Owl Moon), hearkens to timeless coming of age tales of yore. Lovingly illustrated by Ruth Sanderson, the journey of a boy and his dog comes to life on the page, renewing the joy of a classic tale.
"This is the story Melville should have written."
—Daniel Pinkwater, author of The Neddiad
When a...
"This is the story Melville should have written."
—Daniel Pinkwater, author of The Neddiad
When a...