A good book about horses?

Question

I want to give my sister a book that has to do with horses. She is a horse lover and experienced rider. Can you give me some good suggestions? She is 20 years old, so no childrens/ young adult books and also no books about how to take care of your first horse, as she is experienced with this sort of thing. BTW they can be fiction or non-fiction. (No chicken soup for the horse lovers...... she allready has that). Thanks.

Answer 1

Check your library for the horse section, and if you see any good books go to the book store and buy them. I liked My Friend Flicka, it's about a boy who gets a colt and raises her. Here's a link to a list of adult horse boks for sale:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/syltgui...

Answer 2

there is this really good book and its for adults its called horseplay its the vary fist book  

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksea...

Answer 3

I really enjoyed sundancer.

I guess its kind of a teen book, but its about a 13 year old, who hasn't spoken since she was 6, when her mom dumped her on her aunts farm. But Bird, (the girl) has a special gift. she can speak to animals, and have conversations with them.

Then a new horse comes to the farm, and Bird cant figure him out. His past is dark, and he has been abused. She cant get through to him, which has never happened before.

I cant explain it very well =P Try reading a synopsis on it, Its a really good book

Answer 4

Seabuiscuit

King of the Wind--- best horse book i have EVER read!!!

Misty of Chincoteague.

seabiscuit is definitely a more adult book since the characters are all 20+ and its about horse racing etc.

here's info on it:

http://www.amazon.com/Seabiscuit-America...

any of the marguerite henry books are good, but may be a little young.

king of the wind is by marguerite henry, but by far one of the best books i've ever read!!

it kind of tells the story of how the first thoroughbreds were created [or at least, their descendant]

the boy is 10 or 11 [sorry i forget] maybe 9 lol.

i was older than him when i read it, but i still thought it was fantastic.

its newberry winning too, and those books are always good.

summary:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_the...

also, hold your horses by bonnie timmons

that is a more adult book.

it isnt a novel, more like a comedy book.

its pretty good:

http://www.amazon.com/Hold-Your-Horses-N...

hope this helps:]

Answer 5

Well I only have like 2 books about horses, and I wana get some more. But these are the two I have right now...

<Black Beauty> A classic, and great book!

<Chicken Soup For The Horse Lover's Soul> But you don't want that, so technically I only have one you might be interested in :P

You could also try going to Chapters. Or you could go onto the internet and going to somewhere like...

Chapters.com - http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/?pticket=t...

or

Amazon.com - http://www.amazon.com/

Good luck!

Answer 6

I heard of a book were you can get jobs with horse but I forgot what it is called

I think it is called Career with horses?

Answer 7

You can check out your local books-a-million. They now have a large selection of discounted books and I've found many cheap ones on horse breeds and medical care. A good book that I've read recently was "The Soul of a Horse" by Joe Camp. It's a really good book though I don't agree with some of the things he says. He's big into Monty Roberts ,who I think is good, and barefoot hoof trimming which I don't think is good in every case. It's good and cheap though.

Answer 8

As always, books turn out to be better than movies. Look at the book Seabiscuit. See if it would be something she'd be interested in. It is a beautiful true story that shows the strong interaction between horses and humans! Enjoy.

Answer 9

the red pony by steinbeck

Answer 10

The A/B Pony Club Manual

Trickonometry

Chosen by a Horse

Soul of the Horse