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Call the horse Lucky

"While visiting her grandmother in the country, Mel discovers a neglected horse. Moved by the sight of the rib-thin pinto with the sad, glazed eyes and eager to help him, Mel starts a rescue process that results in the pinto's being moved to a horse rescue ranch to revive him and treat his...

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Main Author: Havill, Juanita.
Other Authors: Lane, Nancy (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Edina, MN : Gryphon Press, c2010.
Subjects:
Children and animals > Juvenile fiction.
Horses > Juvenile fiction.
Animal rescue > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books for children.
Summary: "While visiting her grandmother in the country, Mel discovers a neglected horse. Moved by the sight of the rib-thin pinto with the sad, glazed eyes and eager to help him, Mel starts a rescue process that results in the pinto's being moved to a horse rescue ranch to revive him and treat his problems. At the ranch, Mel learns about horse care and continues to bond with the horse she has named Lucky"--P. [4] of cover.
Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9780940719101
094071910X
Author Notes: Juanita Havill: Juanita Havill grew up in a small town in Southern Illinois. As a child she loved cats, dogs, horses, and books. Her family had many cats and dogs and she learned about horse ownership from taking care of her own horse Prince, with whom she spent many adventurous hours during her high school years. Her love of books led her to become a writer. Her first book Jamaica's Find illustrated by Anne Sibley O'Brien won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award and was a Reading Rainbow book. Since then she has written over thirty children's books -- picture books, early readers, poetry, and novels. Her novel in verse Grow illustrated by Stanislawa Kodman won the 2009 Carol D. Reiser Children's Book Award and the Santa Monica Public Library Green Prize for Youth Fiction.

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