Horse Like Mr Ragman [Paperback]

Rachel Rivers-Coffey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1980

Although Mr. Ragman is twelve-year-old Elizabeth's very own horse, the shaggy pinto with questionable talents is not exactly what she had in mind.

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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Scholastic (June 1980)
• ISBN-10: 0590312960
• ISBN-13: 978-0590312967
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,616,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not everyone can have a pretty horse, September 3, 2003

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Flame_926 "flame_926" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Horse Like Mr Ragman (Paperback)

I recommend this book because of what the main character goes through. The main character, Elizabeth, is the stable groom at Nolly Stables where she works because she loves horses. Her parents are middle class and cannot afford to give her the expensive riding clothes and horses that she thinks that she needs (because she sees everyone else around her with them).

When her father gives her a beat-up small pinto horse Elizabeth is far from being grateful and sees it as an embarrasment rather than a horse that she should be happy to finally have. Over the course of the book her attitude changes and in the end she values the Ragman much more.

Growing up it is easy to dream of all of the things that a person does not have but this book puts it all in perspective. For this reason it might be a good book for a parent to give their child who is just getting started in riding and is facing the same problems as Elizabeth.

5.0 out of 5 stars Eccentric yet Real., April 23, 2008

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Julia Jensen "jenseju" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Horse Like Mr Ragman (Paperback)

This is an awesome book! Not only does it teach some valuable life lessons in a non-preachy way, it also offers up a great cast of sometimes-wacky characters that anyone involved with horses will identify with. I can't believe it's out of print!

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Horse book ever!, June 24, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: A horse like Mr. Ragman (Hardcover)

A Horse Like Mr. Ragman is a touching story about a girl who wanted a horse. What she got wasn't exactly what she had had in mind. When you come away from this book , it is guarented that you apreiciate every thing a little more.