A Blue Ribbon for Sugar
Kindergarten-Grade 2 After Bonnie's rocking horse breaks, her parents decide that she is ready to take riding lessons. The rest of the story depicts the child's day-to-day experiences as she learns to ride and take care of Burrito. In just a few months, she wins a blue ribbon in a horse show. At the family celebration that follows, she discovers that Sugar has been repaired and is ready for her younger sister. This is a slight, flat story that inserts equestrian information and terminology; a brief glossary is on the back of the title page. The pleasant watercolor illustrations accurately portray the equipment and activities. However, Jessie Haas'sScamper and the Horse Show(HarperCollins, 2004) has a more interesting story line. For information on the subject, check out Gail Gibbons'sHorses!(Holiday House, 2003) and Judith Draper'sMy First Horse and Pony Book(Kingfisher, 2005).Carol Schene, Taunton Public Schools, MACopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.