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A horse of Nero in the story "Het Geheim van Bakkendoen" ("The Secret of Bakkendoen"). [12] It turns invisible due to a serum. Nero named him "Rik Three", because "he is even greater than Rik One and Rik Two" (Cyclist champions Rik Van Steenbergen and Rik Van Looy were popularly nicknamed "Rik One" and "Rik Two", because they were active around ...
Marguerite Henry (née Breithaupt; April 13, 1902 – November 26, 1997) [2] [3] [4] was an American writer of children's books, writing fifty-nine books based on true stories of horses and other animals. She won the Newbery Medal for King of the Wind, a 1948 book about horses, and she was a runner-up for two others. [5]
She sold the book to the local publishers, Jarrold & Sons. The book broke records for sales and is the "sixth best seller in the English language." [5] By telling the story of a horse's life in the form of an autobiography and describing the world through the eyes of the horse, Anna Sewell broke new literary ground. [6]
A Donkey-Donk Story," and "What Does A Police Horse Do?" The first three books are 32-page full-color hardcover books for readers aged 5 to 7. "Shadow" is a fictional story about a young foal who goes on an adventure, "Justin Morgan" is a historical fiction book about a real race that the famous horse participated in.
He specialized in writing stories about horses and dogs. Kirkus Review commented that Hinkle had an "overly sentimental view of horses and animals in general". [2] His stories of horses are all about the American west, some based on true narratives but almost always with the theme 'wild horse can only be mastered by one man'. [3]
Walter Farley (born Walter Lorimer Farley, 26 June 1915 – 16 October 1989) [1] was an American author, primarily of horse stories for children.His first and most famous work was The Black Stallion (1941), [2] the success of which led to many sequels over decades; the series has been continued since his death by his son Steven.