Gallop away to another world with this beautifully illustrated anthology of stories about magical, mystical and memorable horses. Illustrated in radiant hues by artist Linda Wingerter and containing notes about the different breeds of horse, this vibrant collection will enthral and delight those with a love of the equestrian.

 

There are 80 pages in this book. It is an anthology. This book was published 2005 by Barefoot Books Ltd .

Josepha Sherman is a best-selling author and horse whisperer as well as a keen folklorist, specializing in comparative folklore. Her most recently published work is Mythology for Storytellers (M. E. Sharpe, 2003). When not busy writing and editing, Josepha loves to travel. A natural horse-lover, she also has been privileged enough to have a new-born foal fall asleep at her feet. Josepha lives in Riverdale, New York. Linda Wingerter grew up in Maine and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design. With her sensitive, velvet-textured canvas, she has won much acclaim for her previous projects in children's illustration. Josepha Sherman was an American author, folklorist, and anthologist. In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel The Shining Falcon . She died in 2012, and is remembered for her large and diverse output of both high-quality fiction and nonfiction.

This book has the following chapters: Lone Boy & The Old Dun Horse (Pawnee) Terror (North Indian) The White Mare (Basque) The Little Humpbacked Horse (Russian) Petit Jean and the White Horse (French Canadian) The Boy Who Rode to the Land of the Dead (Albanian) The Colt Qeytas (Iranian) The Taltos Horse (Hungarian)