Whoop for Joy: A Christmas Wish

Briggs-Bunting, Jane

ISBN 10: 0964908301 / ISBN 13: 9780964908307

Published by Black River Trading Co, Oxford, Michigan, 1996

About this Item

Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dust-jacket. 25 pages; color illustrations. "The story of a young girl who moves to Michigan. Lonely, she finds friendship and love thanks to a retired race horse named Whoop for Joy. Whoop struggles with a life threatening illness and the little girl learns the meaning of sibling love." This unique copy SIGNED by both the author and the illustrator. A clean, tight copy in "as new" condition Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 002673

Bibliographic Details

Title: Whoop for Joy: A Christmas Wish

Publisher: Black River Trading Co, Oxford, Michigan

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Jon Buechel

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Inscribed

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

The story of a young girl who moves from Ohio to Michigan leaving her best friend behind. She befriends the retired racehorse that lives next door and hears the horse person's legend that all animals talk at midnight on Christmas Eve. When he suffers a life threatening illness, she visits the barn on Christmas Eve hoping the legend is true and she can help Whoop.

From the Publisher:

The author's description captures the antics of horses and the anguish a child feels when forced to move. This first children's book by the author sold more than 2,200 copies within four weeks of its publication Nov. 22, 1995. The author is a widely respected, award-winning journalist. The illustrator was an award winning fashion illustrator and beloved cartoonist for the Detroit Free Press for 43 years. The illustrations are beautiful, surprisingly accurate and even humorous with full color drawings of the horse slurping water from a hose and rolling in the dirt.