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Horses

Brief Description
Horses are some of the best-loved animals, with their huge variety of colours and markings, their incredible displays of strength of speed, and their gentle nature. Saddle up and jump into this guide to the majestic horse. From information about specific breeds like Shires and Appaloosas... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Take the reins and meet galloping stallions, fumbling foals and prancing ponies in this children's non-fiction book about horses.

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Horses are some of the best-loved animals, with their huge variety of colours and markings, their incredible displays of strength of speed, and their gentle nature.

Saddle up and jump into this guide to the majestic horse. From information about specific breeds like Shires and Appaloosas to Warmbloods and Shetland ponies, to facts about how horses behave and their physiology, this is the perfect book to get horse-loving kids whinnying "Yee haw!"

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781444981247

Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 25 June 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Zoe Keller

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 193.0mm

Height: 236.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Lucy Thorn (Author)

Lucy Thorn is a children's non-fiction writer living in London. She loves animals, words and all things books.

Zoe Keller (Illustrator)

Zoe Keller is a nature artist and illustrator from Woodstock, New York. Her meticulously detailed graphite and digital drawings explore biodiversity and wild places. After graduating from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Keller made homes and studios in Minneapolis, Philadelphia, on the rocky Maine coast, in West Michigan's farm country and Eastern Oregon's Wallowa Mountains before finally returning to her hometown.

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