King of the wind
By: by Marguerite Henry ; illustrated by Wesley Dennis.
Contributors: Dennis, Wesley, ill.
Edition: Deluxe ed.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
Subjects: Arabian horse -- Juvenile fiction.; Arabian horse -- Fiction.; Horses -- Fiction.; England -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Sham and the stable boy Agba travel from Morocco to France to England where, at last, Sham's majesty is recognized and he becomes the "Godolphin Arabian," ancestor of the most superior Thoroughbred horses.
Notes: Originally published: Chicago : Rand McNally, 1948.
Newbery Medal, 1949