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Wonder Horse: The True Story Of The World's Smartest Horse (2010)

by Emily Arnold McCully(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0805087931 (ISBN13: 9780805087932)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Henry Holt and Co.

review 1: This is a great story, both for learning the importance of treating animals with kindness, but also helping readers learn about a successful African-American whose life spanned years both before and after the Civil War. Makes me interested in learning more about him.I really appreciate the recent trend in based-on-a-true-story picture books where the book has a page at the end giving some details of the historical portion. It helps me enjoy the book more when I know what historical and what is fudged a little to make the story work.
review 2: 3.5 actually...I found it interesting in looking for this title that there were so many books with "wonder horse" in the title, yet only this one seemed to be about Jim Key, the horse who could add, subtract and identify... more colors. Part of the premise was that this horse was trained with "kindness." Of course animal lovers appreciate that message being shared. I did think that an important aspect to explore was how his owner, Bill "Doc" Key, who was born a slave, went on to become a vet in the late 1800's. A true story with some back matter explanations in the author's note. less

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