The sight of wild horses galloping over a mountain sets a young boy daydreaming about his future, through the seasons and through the years to when he is a grandfather and can show his grandson glorious wild horses still galloping over the mountain. The rolling, repetitive refrains of this piece perfectly capture a sense of time passing. Full color.
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Ages 3^-7. The "splendid sight" of a horse galloping over the mountain in the morning strikes a profound chord with a small boy. With the constant refrain of "over the mountain in the morning," the boy is seen growing from childhood into adulthood, marrying, and having a son of his own, and, finally, a grandson with whom he can share the enjoyment of watching horses turned loose to run "galloping over the mountain in the morning." The simple yet eloquent text pairs well with the watercolors showing the smoothly rolling green fields, the far-reaching sky, and, most importantly, the elegantly powerful horses running free. Susan Dove Lempke
From Kirkus Reviews
A story from Couture (Melanie Jane, 1996) with obvious promise--about the bonds that ripen between people and animals, and about the connection between continuity and place--that gives way to one simple, forgettable refrain. A little boy watches as a horse charges by, through a meadow and up a hill: ``Another horse was by his side/Galloping over the mountain/Galloping over the mountain in the morning.'' The boy grows up, the seasons change, and the presence of the horses, now harnessed, are one constant in a world in flux. The speculative nature of the text (``If I drove that splendid team'') makes all the events depicted in the illustrations part of the boy's less- than-childlike imaginings--a future in which he is married, balding, bespectacled, and stooped, showing the horses to his grandson on the last page. The pulsing repetition--``Galloping over the mountain in the morning''--is pleasantly hypnotic, but the narrative is too weak to support the refrain, rendering it little more than singsong. Ewart's pale watercolors valiantly attempt to convey the passage of time and communicate the love felt by the boy for those great, wild steeds. (Picture book. 3-7) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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