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1) Horses
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A horse narrates this photo-illustrated book describing the body parts and behavior of horses on a farm.
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"Moon cannot see but he hears sounds that other horses ignore: the eggshell crack of a meadow lark hatching. The glide of a salamander into the pond. Clara does not speak but she hears sounds that other children ignore: the hum of the oven when her mother bakes muffins. The sound of the cat's paws on the kitchen floor. Both the foal and the little girl live with challenges. Both also have special qualities, which are recognized by friends who are...
10) Sea horses
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"Clinging below the ocean's surface are small creatures with horse heads and monkey tails. Sea horses may have parts that look like other animals, but they are their own unique specimen. In fact, sea horses are so extraordinary that the males give birth! Although sea horses are extremely slow swimmers, they will quickly enter the hearts and minds of curious, young readers!"--Provided by the publisher.
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A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.
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Horse begins dancing and claims he is the best dancer in the world. Buggy disagrees saying that Horse is not really dancing but only moving around. Horse invites Buggy to join him, but she declines. When she finally gives in and dances, she finds she enjoys herself.
17) Kianna
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First year camper Kianna Drake is technically too young to be a Pony Girl at Storm Cliff Stables, but in two days she will be officially eight and she is feeling homesick and a little left out, because the other Pony Girls do not seem to care.
18) Gabriela
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When Kianna, youngest of the Pony Girls, is frightened by stories that Bigfoot may be living close to Storm Cliff Stables, fellow Pony Girl Gabriela sets out to discover the truth, and expose the trickster.
19) Pennies in a jar
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A young boy whose father is serving overseas during World War II struggles to overcome his fears, especially his fear of the horses that pull trade wagons through his neighborhood, as he works odd jobs for money to buy his father a birthday present.
20) Oh, Harry!
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Harry the Horse excels at calming skittish equines in Adams & Son's show-horse barn, but he faces a different challenge when mischievous six-year-old Algernon Adams the Third arrives.