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This gorgeous, resonant tale is a sweet recollection from Holly's childhood about her love affair with horses. When Holly's family moves from the city to the countryside, she's scared of this new world at first - but gradually comes to loves the animals she encounters and draws the horses in the local pastures obsessively, hinting to her parents what she wants more than anything. When she finds a bike in the barn for her birthday instead of a horse, she learns to love what is hers no matter what could've been. Written with a lighthearted touch and a bucolic sense of the countryside, Holly has tapped into a rich and nostalgic look that hearkens back to the artwork that first made her famous decades ago.
| ISBN | 031607019X | | Pages | 32 | | ISBN13 | 9780316070195
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 540 | | Publisher | Little, Brown & Company | | Published in | New York | | Imprint | Little, Brown Young Readers | | Height (mm) | 318 | | Format | Hardback | | Width (mm) | 248 | | Publication date | 04 Nov 2010 | | Spine width (mm) | 13 | | DEWEY | 813.54 | | Academic level | Preschool, Children (6-12) | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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"Hobbie offers an affecting yet never sentimental memoir... [that] perfectly balances realistic watercolor renderings... with comical spot illustrations of herself and her mischievous brothers.... The joyful surprise ending may puzzle younger readers, but adults will recognize the authenticity of a youthful change of heart."-- Publishers Weekly, starred review  Be the first to write a customer review
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