From award-winning science writer Seymour Simon comes a completely revised and updated edition of Horses, w ith brand-new full-color photographs. Readers will learn how horses came to be domesticated, how to distinguish different breeds, the important roles horses have served throughout history, and more. From stallions and mares and?Clydesdales to Palominos, this is sure to be a hit with horse lovers and animal lovers everywhere! This updated edition...

Leroy Ninker gets a horse.

In this pocket size encyclopedia you can learn facts about more than 135 horse and pony breeds.

Although Miniature Horses and Shetland Ponies are smallest of all the equines, the enthusiasm of their owners and other fans is gigantic. And with good reason: Minis and Shetlands are as versatile as they are cuddly, found in backyards and indoors where they make perfect pets, and in the show arena where they are as fiercely competitive as equines ten times their size. This book, a celebration of the Mini and the Shetland, begins with a brief history...

Cowgirl Kate and her cowhorse Cocoa, who is always hungry, count cows, share a story, and help each other fall asleep.

In a mid-ninth-century Bedouin camp in the Arabian Desert, a horse is born to a prized Arabian war mare who dies during the birth, and the foal is raised with dreams of continuing her mother's glory as a war mare. Includes facts about Arabian horses and their importance to Bedouin tribes.

Explains how to choose, understand, handle, feed, groom, shelter and pasture, and care for the health of a horse.