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Horse Books for Kids

Description: Picture books, readers, non-fiction and chapter books for kids who love horses

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Rank Title Author Added

1

Misty of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

8,011 members

58 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027

2

The Horse and His Boy

25,695 members

244 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Cecrow, merrystar, cej1027

3

Black Horses for the King

by Anne McCaffrey

1,377 members

24 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

4

Beware the Mare

52 members

½ 3.3

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Billy and Blaze: A Boy and His Pony

by C. W. Anderson

1,297 members

4 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Stormy, Misty's Foal

by Marguerite Henry

3,042 members

18 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Cecrow, merrystar

7

Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

18,164 members

208 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Cecrow, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague

by Marguerite Henry

2,714 members

19 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Cecrow, merrystar

9

King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian

by Marguerite Henry

5,885 members

44 reviews

4.2

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

10

Season of Ponies

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

108 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Blaze and the Forest Fire

by C. W. Anderson

917 members

3 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, cej1027

12

National Velvet

by Enid Bagnold

2,398 members

20 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Fritz and the Beautiful Horses

1,139 members

14 reviews

4.1

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

14

19 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Fishermen, the Horse, and the Sea

by Barbara Joosse

5 members

1 review

Member: books6548

16

The Black Stallion

by Walter Farley

5,022 members

56 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Chester (I Can Read Level 1)

774 members

4 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Bramble and Maggie: Horse Meets Girl

76 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

19

192 members

1 review

4.2

Member: merrystar

20

A Very Young Rider

by Jill Krementz

65 members

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

21

Five O'Clock Charlie

by Marguerite Henry

252 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

22

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

by Marguerite Henry

3,195 members

18 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

23

My Friend Flicka

2,338 members

14 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

24

Blaze and the Gray Spotted Pony

by C. W. Anderson

534 members

1 review

4.1

Member: merrystar

25

by Marguerite Henry

141 members

1 review

3.9

Member: merrystar

26

White Stallion of Lipizza

by Marguerite Henry

1,017 members

8 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

27

Misty's Twilight

by Marguerite Henry

1,588 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

28

Alexandra the Great: The Story of the Record-Breaking Filly Who Ruled the Racetrack

8 members

3.8

Member: merrystar

29

49 members

1 review

2.8

Member: merrystar

30

Be Well, Beware

24 members

1 review

3.1

Member: merrystar

31

A Blue for Beware

23 members

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

32

Beware and Stogie

12 members

½ 3.3

Member: merrystar

33

Blaze and Thunderbolt

by C. W. Anderson

661 members

1 review

4

Member: merrystar

34

Blaze and the Lost Quarry

by C. W. Anderson

577 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

35

Blaze and the Mountain Lion

by C. W. Anderson

619 members

1 review

3.8

Member: merrystar

36

Blaze Finds the Trail

by C. W. Anderson

524 members

3.9

Member: merrystar

37

Blaze Shows the Way

by C. W. Anderson

530 members

1 review

4.1

Member: merrystar

38

Blaze Finds Forgotten Roads

by C. W. Anderson

181 members

4

Member: merrystar

39

I Want to be The Reindeer! (The "Charlie" Series, 2)

by Ruth Lynn Kirk

2 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: merrystar

40

The "Almost" Christmas Pony (The "Charlie" Series, 1)

by Ruth Lynn Kirk

3 members

1 review

½ 4.5

Member: merrystar

41

Charlie Ate My Hat! (The "Charlie" Series)

by Ruth Lynn Kirk

5 members

Member: merrystar

42

My Chincoteague Pony

by Susan Jeffers

126 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

43

The Perfect Pony

by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

26 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

44

39 members

2 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: merrystar

45

Wonder Horse: The True Story of the World's Smartest Horse

by Emily Arnold McCully

430 members

29 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

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by Susan Jeffers

375 members

6 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

47

I Rode the Red Horse: Secretatriat's Belmont Race

by Barbara Libby

15 members

3

Member: merrystar

48

Man O'War: Best Racehorse Ever

by Jennifer McKerley

72 members

½ 4.7

Member: merrystar

49

A Horse Named Seabiscuit

by Mark Dubowski

340 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: merrystar

50

Assault: The Crippled Champion: The King Ranch Racehorse

by Marjorie Hodgson Parker

20 members

4

Member: merrystar

51

Moonlight Mile (Marguerite Henry's Ponies of Chincoteague)

by Catherine Hapka

24 members

½ 3.3

Member: merrystar

52

The Mystery Horse

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

743 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

53

Album of Horses

by Marguerite Henry

1,168 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: merrystar

54

Little Black, A Pony

by Walter Farley

617 members

6 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

55

Horse Heroes: True Stories Of Amazing Horses

522 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

56

Blackie, The Horse Who Stood Still

by Christopher Cerf

36 members

2 reviews

5

Member: merrystar

57

Sheltie and the Snow Pony

by Peter Clover

204 members

3.2

Member: merrystar

58

A Horse Named Dragon

by Gertrude Chandler Warner

62 members

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

59

54 members

3.2

Member: merrystar

60

A Horse Like Barney

21 members

1 review

3.8

Member: merrystar

61

by Rosemary Wells

67 members

2 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

62

42 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

63

27 members

1 review

4.8

Member: merrystar

64

Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

by Julius Lester

262 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

65

Horse Heroes: A Nonfiction Companion to Stallion by Starlight

by Mary Pope Osborne

234 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

66

Stallion by Starlight

by Mary Pope Osborne

1,078 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

67

The Runaway Racehorse (A to Z Mysteries)

1,624 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

68

40 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

69

Selah's Sweet Dream

31 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

70

The Princess and the Foal

105 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: merrystar

71

A Hundred Horses

69 members

4 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

72

Horse Diaries #4: Maestoso Petra

by Jane Kendall

164 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

73

Chancey of the Maury River

by Gigi Amateau

105 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: merrystar

74

Macadoo of the Maury River

by Gigi Amateau

44 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: merrystar

75

Dante of the Maury River

by Gigi Amateau

12 members

3

Member: merrystar

76

The Sand Ponies

by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

9 members

5

Member: merrystar

77

White Ghost Summer

by Shirley Rousseau Murphy

33 members

4.8

Member: merrystar

78

The Enchanted Horse

by Magdalen Nabb

222 members

1 review

3.8

Member: merrystar

79

Foals in the Field (Animal Ark)

by Ben M. Baglio

646 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: merrystar

80

Mare in the Meadow

by Ben M. Baglio

629 members

1 review

½ 3.6

Member: merrystar

81

Racehorse in the Rain (Animal Ark)

by Ben M. Baglio

400 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: merrystar

82

Ponies at the Point (Animal Ark)

by Ben M. Baglio

681 members

3 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

83

Shetland in the Shed (Animal Ark)

by Ben M. Baglio

384 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: merrystar

84

Stallion in Spooky Hollow (Animal Ark)

by Ben M. Baglio

201 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

85

The Horse in Harry's Room

965 members

4 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

86

Pony Scouts: Back in the Saddle

by Catherine Hapka

58 members

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

87

Pony Scouts: Pony Crazy

by Catherine Hapka

550 members

6 reviews

3.1

Member: merrystar

88

Pony Scouts: Really Riding!

by Catherine Hapka

89 members

1 review

2.8

Member: merrystar

89

Pony Scouts: Runaway Ponies!

by Catherine Hapka

100 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

90

Bramble and Maggie Give and Take

35 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

91

The Berenstain Bears Ride Like the Wind

by Stan Berenstain

19 members

3

Member: merrystar

92

Scholastic Reader Level 3: Pony Mysteries #1: Penny and Pepper: Penny & Pepper

by Jeanne Betancourt

224 members

2 reviews

½ 4.5

Member: merrystar

93

The Clue in the Clubhouse (Pony Mysteries)

by Jeanne Betancourt

126 members

2 reviews

4

Member: merrystar

94

Pal Saves the Day (Pal the Pony)

by R. A. Herman

112 members

1 review

Member: merrystar

95

Pal and Sal (Penguin Young Readers, L2)

by R. A. Herman

263 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: merrystar

96

Let's Go Riding! (DK Readers: Level 2)

by Annabel Blackledge

113 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

97

Ponies (DK Touch and Feel)

by DK

109 members

1 review

½ 3.3

Member: merrystar

98

Saige (American Girl Today)

719 members

3 reviews

3

Member: merrystar

99

Saige Paints the Sky (American Girl Today)

301 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: merrystar

100

National Geographic Readers: Ponies

725 members

1 review

3.8

Member: merrystar

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