White Stallion of Lipizza
9 best books like White Stallion of Lipizza (Marguerite Henry): The Twenty-One Balloons, The School Story, The Apprentice, Billy And Blaze: A Boy And His Pony, Peter the Great, A Child's History of the World, Red Sails to Capri, The Little Riders, Captain Nobody
| Author | William Pène du Bois |
| ISBN | 0140320970 |
One month after graduating from college, I started working. That was in 1984. I am now in my 4th company and except for my paid vacation leaves and rare sick days, I have never been, even a single day, out of the corporate rate race.
27 years of working and trying to earn a living.
I know it...
| Author | Andrew Clements |
| ISBN | 0689851863 |
Two middle school girls scheme to publish a book in this novel from Andrew Clements, the author of Frindle.
Natalie's best friend, Zoe, is sure that the novel Natalie's written is good enough to be published. But how can a twelve-year-old girl publish a book? Natalie's mother is an editor for...
| Author | Pilar Molina Llorente |
| ISBN | 0374404321 |
Given a challenge to read a book set in the Renaissance, I hit our school library card catalog hoping to find a few options for a quick read. I found one. One book set in the Renaissance. This book. So I read it. I'm sure it is one of those books that rarely gets checked out because the cover looks dated, and the...
| Author | C.W. Anderson |
| ISBN | 0689716087 |
The first book in the classic, beloved Billy and Blaze series, from renowned author C.W. Anderson.
Billy was a little boy who “loved horses more than anything else in the world.” Imagine how happy he was when he got his very own pony for his birthday! From that day on, Billy was seldom seen...
A very short book about Peter the Great - the Tsar who drug Russia (kicking and screaming) into more modern times. This is a children's book, so it is not very detailed, but the artwork is beautiful and there is enough information to whet the appetite about a historical figure whose name I knew, but not much...
| Author | V.M. Hillyer |
| ISBN | 0899669387 |
A Child's History of the World is a classic. Written shortly after World War I by Calvert School's first Head Master, Virgil Hillyer, this history storybook combines charm with facts to stimulate young minds and leave them yearning for more information. This volume of A Child's History of the World...
| Author | Ann Weil |
| ISBN | 0140328580 |
The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something exciting was going to happen. It was the biggest and most beautiful ship fourteen-year-old Michele had ever seen. Sailing on the ship were three men who would come to stay at Michele's parents' inn. The men...
| Author | Margaretha Shemin |
| ISBN | 0688124992 |
"Take care of the little riders," says Johanna's father to the eleven-year-old when he leaves her with his parents for an extended vacation in their Dutch village. And Johanna does. She loves the twelve metal figures on horseback who ride forth each hour from the clock on the ancient church tower. She...
| Author | Dean Pitchford |
| ISBN | 0399250344 |
Growing up in the shadow of his football star brother, Chris, Newt Newman has never felt particularly special. When Chris is knocked into a coma, Newt's two best friends decide that taking him out for Halloween is the best way to cheer him up. Using some of Chris's old, oversized clothes, Newt creates...
