True-or-False Book of Horses [Hardcover]

Patricia Lauber (Author), Rosalyn Schanzer (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up

Do horses really walk on tiptoe?
Can they solve math problems?
Are there wild horses today?

Discover what's fact and what's fiction about horses! Award-winning author Patricia Lauber teams up with superb illustrator Rosalyn Schanzer to provide a fascinating introduction to the history, anatomy, and behavior of an animal that changed human history.

The accessible true-or-false question-and-answer format adds to the fun for young readers who want to know more about these much-loved animals.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 2-4-"Horses hear sounds that we can't hear" and "A horse's teeth are clues to its age" are just 2 of the 14 intriguing statements introduced here. The true-or-false format is fun and readers who are interested in horses will find the wide variety of facts entertaining and educational. Precise details in the colorful illustrations reveal the look of cocked ears and swishing tails as their meanings are made clear. Nickers, snorts, and squeals-some of the essential sounds of horse communication-are succinctly explained and humorously translated by talking horses. There is enough information here for brief reports and the pictures are pleasant to study and browse. This lively glimpse at this creature's history, behavior, and anatomy should be a popular draw, particularly for young equestrians.
Carol Schene, Taunton Public Schools, MA
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Gr. 2-3, younger for reading aloud. Like its predecessor, True-or-False Book of Cats(1998), this brief question-and-answer book combines a crowd-pleasing topic with generous measures of historical and behavioral information. Lauber confirms or debunks more than a dozen commonly held beliefs about horses: they walk on tiptoe (true); they can be trained to solve math problems (false); there are still wild, as opposed to feral, horses (false, unless a few still linger in Siberia); and more. She also discourses on such topics as horse sounds, body language, and gaits. In very simple paintings, Schanzer depicts horses of several breeds -- ALA Booklist

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (April 5, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688169198
• ISBN-13: 978-0688169190
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,244,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can horses do math?, July 13, 2000

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Marie Summers (Alta Loma, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: True-or-False Book of Horses (Hardcover)

I think the true-or-false format works really well in this informational book. Lauber asks and answers common questions about horses in an interesting way. At the same time, other information is included. Your horse enthusiast may enjoy hearing this in bits and pieces or all at once.

The bright, detailed illustrations (which appear to be watercolor and pen) clearly show what the text tells. They are colorful and cheerful.

I hope they do more of these!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for Kids who love Horses, February 23, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: True-or-False Book of Horses (Hardcover)

I thought that this book was great! It had a lot of information on things that I didn't know, even as a big horseback rider. It is a good book for kids because it didn't really use big words like some more adult horse books. It also had great pictures to help me understand what they were trying to say. It is a wonderful book, that I am probobly going to buy for myself.It even had a definition for words that my sister, 5 years old, would probobly not understand that helped her a lot.If you have any questions at all about horses, this is the book to look through.