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Hobbie, Holly

Everything but the Horse

32 pp. | Little | October, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-07019-5 $16.99
(4) K-3 The author's childhood reminiscences of moving to a farm, and her dreams of owning a horse to fill the empty barn, are undercut by a bait-and-switch ending that will puzzle readers (the hoped-for birthday present turns out to be a bicycle). However, dynamic watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations in a muted country palette ably capture the narrator's impetuousness and the beauty of rural life.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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