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Rain and the Reading Horse

By Maria Gianferrari
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Attention, all horse lovers! Here's a gentle, gorgeously illustrated meditation on the healing power of our relationship with animals and overcoming our fears, for readers of I Talk Like a River and Rescue & Jessica. When a shy young girl attends a school program to read... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Rain and the Reading Horse

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Attention, all horse lovers! Here's a gentle, gorgeously illustrated meditation on the healing power of our relationship with animals and overcoming our fears, for readers of I Talk Like a River and Rescue & Jessica.

When a shy young girl attends a school program to read to a horse called Snow, she doesn’t know what to expect—other than to be nervous about reading aloud.

Her words often get stuck, but Snow's calm and reassuring company slowly builds her confidence. Rain and the Reading Horse is a beautiful celebration of a girl's relationship with a horse and the slow but persistent ways we can confront our fears.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780063257252

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: HarperCollins

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Hannah Salyer

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 279.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 390g

Pages: 40

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Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Maria Gianferrari Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Young Adult

About the Author

Maria Gianferrari and her rescue dog, Maple, play race-and-chase in Massachusetts, rain or shine. She's also the author of these pawsome dog "tails": the Penny & Jelly books, Hello Goodbye Dog, Operation Rescue Dog and the forthcoming, To Dogs with Love. Can you tell that Maria loves dogs? Writing Being a Dog helped Maria feel joy again after losing her rescue dog, Becca. You can learn more about Maria at her website, mariagianferrari.com Hannah Salyer resides in Brooklyn, NY, where she writes and illustrates picture books (including Packs: Strength in Numbers), makes pottery, sculpture, and fine art, teaches art classes, and runs a community art space called Underland. Her work is rooted in a deep fascination with ecological systems, how different creatures experience the Anthropocene, and humans' relationship to other species-and how that has changed over time.

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