Horses
By: K.M. Peyton
Contributors: Rowe, Michael Langham
Series: Wild reads
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9780199119721
Subjects: Horses; Juvenile literature
Description: Introduces the horse, discussing the physical characteristics and behavior of wild horses, horse training, horses as work animals before the rise of modern technology, and such different types as the Arab, the thoroughbred, and the pony.
Notes: "Illustrations: Michael Langham Rowe"--Title page verso.
Table of contents: title: Horses in the wild; title: The horse is tamed; title: The horse's lessons; title: The horse in history; title: Disaster!; title: Different breeds; title: Grooming your horse; title: The horse in sport; title: Just riding.