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Gr 1-3 This book seems at first to be a realistic wild horse story but it soon bridges into light fantasy. Little Horse falls into a river and is carried away from his homeland. After narrowly surviving a tumble down a waterfall and evading capture by a bird of prey, he comes to a land where flowers are as tall as trees. It is here that he-and readers-realize that he is tiny-about the size of a squirrel. His relative size presents new problems as he is chased by a dog and feels the ground shake at a man's a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Byars offers beginning chapter-book readers, often besieged with upbeat, realistic fiction, a gentle fantasy about a small horse separated from his mother and thrust into frightening circumstances. One day Little Horse falls into a stream and is carried away. He can't climb the slippery bank, is tossed over a waterfall, and lands on a deserted island in the middle of the river. As readers soon discover, this little horse is not just alone and scared but an equine Lilliputian, fighting for survival among giants: a bird, a dog, and even a human, "an enemy so terrible that the ground itself trembled." Luckily for ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More