A young girl named Gretchen becomes separated from her traveling family when her mare wanders away to join a band of wild horses. She is lost and alone in the forest, and she remains apart from her family through the night, but a white stallion leads her back to them the following day. This story teaches students about courage and trust.

This is a short, poetic story of a girl in the pioneer days, who finds a wild, white stallion when she gets separated from the caravan. There are times when a grown person would think "Would a horse REALLY do that?" but a young reader (or listener) will simply enjoy the magic of this wagon-train tale. Beautiful illustrations accompany a well told family-history-type story. I enjoyed reading and can see where even a very young child would want this as their bedtime story. It'll even make them feel all grown up, since it has the look of a chapter book. ( )

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