Recently I was sent the Lucky Foot Stable a series of horse books for young readers. The books I got were Lady’s Big Surprise, Star of Wonder, and A Star Discovered. Since my oldest girls aren’t into horse books any more, and my newest-arrived girls are still learning English, I loaned these books to my 10-year-old niece Bethany for her opinion. Here’s what she said:
I loved all of the books! They had tons of adventure and excitement. I just wanted to read on and on because I didn’t know what would happen next. Pretty soon, I was done with one book, then the second, then with all of them. The excitement just stayed in my mind and I wanted to be there with the girls Mary and Jody and with their horses, Gypsy and Lady, doing the same things they were doing and seeing what they were seeing. I think all horse lovers would love the books as much as I did!
Bethany’s mom, my sister Rachel, also read one of the books. Here’s what she had to say:
I also read one of the books (“Star of Wonder”) and really enjoyed it. It was definitely geared toward a young reader, but had a good, exciting plot with plenty of twists and adventure. I liked that there was fair amount of real-life horse information. For example, the mare had a baby foal in the opening chapters of the book, and the story went through the nursing and weaning time of the pair. It was quite matter-of-fact in describing how the physical process worked, approaching it through the eyes of one of the girls explaining it to the other. There was also a ranch hand in the story who helped explain things to the girls as needed. I would have no reservations about recommending this series to a horse-loving young reader.
Thanks, Bethany and Rachel, for sharing your thoughts about these books!
My oldest would love those books, I’ll bet. She is “into” horse books now. Thanks!
My friend’s daughter might enjoy these, so I will let her know about them. Thanks for the great review Bethany!
So could a new reader (new to chapter books) read them? I have a 6yo who is nuts about horses!
I think they are more in the 4th-5th grade range. My newly arrived daughters can read Junie B Jones, which is an easy chapter book, but they are not ready to read these books.
mary
Thanks; that is very helpful!
I will check these out for my horse lover of a daughter. I do hope she will enjoy them. Thanks for the review!