Title: What's the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?Author: Richard Van Camp
Illustrator: George Littlechild
Publish Date: April 2003
Publisher: San Val
Pages: 32pp
IBSN: 0613709888
Classification: Fiction
Genre: Picture Books
Annotation: On the coldest day of the year, a boy decides he wants to find out about horses, so he asks those closest to him what the most beautiful thing they know about horses is?
Plot Summary: A member of the Dogrib nation from the Northwest Territories in Canada seeks information regarding horses as he is a stranger to horses, only knowing about dogs. On the coldest day in January, he goes to his friends and family members, asking them what they know of horses.
Personal Response: Folksy text by Richard van Camp combined with gorgeous artwork by George Littlechild, this story asks a series of questions that the reader may have fun answering. Overall, I felt the story was insightful and sweet with the last question of "What's the most beautiful thing that you know about you?"
~Reader’s Advisory~
Themes: Think about what special and beautiful attributes are.
Age Range: 4-8
Subjects: Horses, Curiosity, Cold, Dogs, Cowboy, Poem, Picture Books
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