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Books About Horses for Kids

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During college, I worked at a children’s bookstore (lucky me!).   We always kept book lists to help customers.  One of the most popular requests was for children’s books about horses.

At the time, there were not a lot of books for young children that were about horses.  Well, that has changed!

Books about horses for kids

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Children’s Books About Horses

Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee is for the youngest crowd.  It’s a rhythmic tale of all the farmyard animals climbing on the horse’s back for a ride.

I like that Busy Horsies by John Schindel uses photographs of real horses.  The text is simple and great for babies and toddlers!

Ten Horse Farm by Robert Sabuda is an amazing pop-up book that showcases all the things horses can do such as galloping and grazing on the farm. All horse lovers will want this one.

Pop Out Horses: Read, Build, and Play with These Fantastic Horses and Ponies is a must-have for imaginary pretend play. Talk about an interactive book. Learn about different breeds of horses and they pop out the heavy-duty playing pieces and create your own horse imaginary play scene. Over 10 horses are included to pull out and a few additional pieces.

Horseplay! by Karma Wilson is a favorite in our house.  Well, really any Karma Wilson book is a hit in our household!  In Horseplay! the farmer investigates why his horses are always so tired during the day.  He soon discovers that there is too much horseplay going on in the barn at night and he is determined to put a stop to it!

We have a few horses that live near us.  Anytime, my boys can’t see them when we drive by, they immediately say, “They must be in the barn doing some horseplay!”

Also, check out our Sight Word Horseplay Game! to accompany this fun book.

Fritz and the Beautiful Horses by Jan Brett is the story of an excluded pony who becomes a hero.

Horses:  Trotting! Prancing! Racing! by Patricia Hubbell is about all the things that horses do.  The book also identifies many different kinds of horses.

Cowboy Small by Lois Lenski is a vintage book from the 1940’s.  It’s a story about Cowboy Small and his horse, Cactus, and all the work they do on the ranch.

Every Cowgirl Needs a Horse by Rebecca Janni is about a cowgirl at heart who wishes for a horse for her birthday.  Will she get her wish?

Horses by Gail Gibbons is a non-fiction book about all things horse related.

Winnie the Mini Horse by Andra and Morgan Ebert takes us to a miniature horse farm where a new horse has arrived.  Soon after, the horse is taken to a new farm where she has to make new friends and adjust to a new environment.

Wild Horses by Melissa Marr takes us to Arizona where we get up close the majestic wild horses that roam there.

Why Can’t Horses Burp is an informational text full of questions and answers including Do any horses still live in the wild? How often should you feed your horse? Can a horse win a medal at the Olympic Games? and of course Why can’t horses burp?

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

Comments

  1. Jill says

    Thanks for sharing this great list of books. I am adding a few to my to read list. My daughter loves horses!

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  3. Kirsty says

    What a fantastic selection of stories for children who love horses. I can’t think of any books featuring horses so this is a great list to have to refer to. Thank you for sharing on #kidsbookaweek

  4. Sheila says

    Great list for the horse loving readers 🙂 We loved Gail Gibbons and Lois Lenski–always nice to see them make a list. My son loved the Billy and Blaze series of books when he was young.

  6. Tina at Mommynificent says

    This is a great and very helpful list! I’d love it if you’d come over and share it at my all-things-books linky party on Thursday – Booknificent Thursdays on Mommynificent.com!
    Tina

  8. Debbie N says

    Great post! I loved horse stories when I was a child. Marguerite Henry was my favorite author of horse books. As for more horse books…Black Beauty is a classic (written by Anna Sewell… Walter Farley wrote The Black Stallion series). War Horse by Michael Morpurgo is a very good book about a horse in WW1. The Horse and His Boy is, of course, about talking horses in Narnia, but still a favorite. Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampas is a good one and also Horse Heroes: True Stories of Amazing Horses. I’m sure I have more, but that’s what comes to mind at the moment. 🙂

    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      Debbie, thanks so much for catching my typo/author mix-up. I fixed it! Also, thank you for the additional suggestions. I can’t wait to check out the ones that I haven’t read. 🙂

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