Do you know these books?
I’m feeling nostalgic today. Anyone know the title/author of these children’s books?
1 -
The book is set in England (probably published in England), I think, with a girls whose parent(s) (maybe mom only?) runs a sweet shop(?). One way or another she ends up riding a chestnut horse named Quest. They compete cross-country, I think.
2 -
The horse’s name is Farfalla or something similar. I think Farfalla is right, because I just looked it up and it means Butterfly, which is what I remember this horse’s name meaning. There’s a race involved. I don’t remember the setting, but it’s somewhere in Europe. I’m very fuzzy on this one, but I think the angst of the story was whether or not the horse would be selected to compete in the race and, if she was, whether or not she’d survive it (much less win it).
3 -
A girl is out riding when she and her horse are hit by a tractor trailer. I forget the rest. No… that’s the Horse Whisperer. The book I’m thinking of predates that. Hmm. The girl has polio? Stuck in bed for a long time? Her miraculous emotional recovery is aided by her horse, who she finally rides, possibly in some sort of emergency situation? Maybe I’m just making up a story I wanted to read now.
In which I do that thing I said I would not do
Jump, that is.
Three little cross rails. With a surprising lack of drama.
Which, really, is exactly how it should have gone.
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