Appaloosa Zebra: A Horse Lover's Alphabet [Hardcover]

Jessie Haas (Author), Margo Apple (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Horses, horses, horses! Enough horses for horse lovers young enough to need an alphabet book or old enough to read Xenophon. Here are horses from A (Appaloosas and Arabians) right through each of the twenty-six letters. The narrator dreams of having a horse farm with all these horses on it The young reader doesn't have to dreamhere it is, a present from Jessie Haas and Margot Apple. Pull up a saddle and join in this incredible equine experience. Horses, horses, horses!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grades 2-4--A little girl wants to own a horse farm someday, even though right now she must settle for some figurines, a pony on a stick, and a vivid imagination. She conjures up images of all manner of steeds, starting with spotted Appaloosas and ending with Zebras. "A big blond Belgian will be my buddy. I'll brush him and bridle him and ride him bareback." The horses are beautifully illustrated in colored pencil, and the shading adds a feeling of warm realism as the child explains the differences in a variety of breeds. There is a lot of wordplay in the descriptions: "My Lipizzans will perform lively leaps, the lightest of lengthenings, lovely levades." A fun and informative addition for horse lovers everywhere.

Wanda Meyers-Hines, Ridgecrest Elementary School, Huntsville, AL

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Ages 4-8. Every young girl horse fancier has this sweet dream: "When I'm older, I'll have a horse farm. All kinds of horses will live with me." Soft, colored pencil drawings depict the girl riding an array of horses as they participate in various functions from galloping to rodeos. The title suggests an alphabet of 26 kinds of horses, A-Z, but eight letters are devoted to horse-associated words, such as jodhpurs, Kentucky Derby, neigh, unicorns, and Xenophon (who wrote the first text about horses). Three pages of back matter offer "More about Horses" with definitions, brief bits of history (Eohippus), and descriptions. The terms, which include words highlighted in the text, don't follow the order of presentation, but horse fanatics won't care. They will enjoy the charming illustrations of their beloved passion. Julie Cummins
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 40 pages
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books; 1st edition (January 22, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688178804
• ISBN-13: 978-0688178802
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 8.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,416,171 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My daughter's favorite bedtime story..., January 8, 2003

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DjennMa (Lafayette, IN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Appaloosa Zebra: A Horse Lover's Alphabet (Hardcover)

If you have a horse-crazy kid, this is a wonderful book to introduce them to different breeds and it's actually fun to read (each letter has a different alliteration "My big blonde Belgian will be my buddy..." Highly recommended!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars horses A to Z, February 3, 2005

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Melissa Sack (georgia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Appaloosa Zebra: A Horse Lover's Alphabet (Hardcover)

The little girl in the story dreams of having her own horse farm. She tells us of all the things she will have on her farm, starting with the letter A and going all the way to Z! This is a great little horse lovers alphabet book. On each page there is a letter any a horse related term. Sometimes it's a breed of horse and other times it's items that are used in riding.
I liked that the book can be enjoyed by children of all ages.
The book isn't just a picture book using the alphabet. It's a book that can tickle the fancy of a young horse lover, or even older ones, but it's also good for someone who wants to learn a bit more about horses. In the back there is a list of horse terms that are explained well.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For horse lovers, May 6, 2004

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Erika Mitchell (E. Calais, VT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Appaloosa Zebra: A Horse Lover's Alphabet (Hardcover)

This is a great alphabet book for horse lovers. Every letter is a horse or piece of horse riding equipment. Each letter has a sentence with lots of other words starting with the same letter. At the end of the book are 3 pages of text for adults to answer questions that curious readers may have. This reference section provides some very informative explanations of words used in the book. All told, the book has about 300 words. No young horse lover's library is complete without this book!