A Field Full of Horses - Softcover

Peter Hansard; Kenneth Lilly; Stephen Tompkinson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406312789 ISBN 13: 9781406312782

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Synopsis

See how a horse trots, canters and gallops, and learn about its habits, diet and more in this picture book which combines story with information. Previously part of the acclaimed "Read and Wonder" series, "A Field Full of Horses" has been re-launched in the new "Nature Storybooks" series with a brand new look and accompanying CD with fun facts, songs, sound effects and a story reading by TV actor Stephen Tompkinson.

About this title

About the Author

Peter Hansard is a children's author living in New Zealand. Kenneth Lilly (1929-1996) was a British wildlife artist who contributed many painted pages to Look and Learn and Treasure magazines.

From Booklist

Ages 4-7. With its simple text and pencil-and-watercolor illustrations set against ample white space, this is the horse book librarians have been looking for. The first-person narrative is lyrical and immediate, presenting the behavior, appearance, anatomy, offspring, and movements of a wide variety of breeds. Shown in a natural setting within the body of the text, the animals are pictured in neat rows on the endpapers. While Lilly's attractive drawings have simple forms (his usual detailing is absent), his renderings are solid and anatomically correct, with black outlines that invite tracing. As in other entries in the lauded Read and Wonder series, the numerous captions provide additional information; here, it's about food, grooming, and gender. No horsefeathers, this is a surefire bet for young equestrians. Julie Corsaro

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
• ISBN 10: 1406312789
• ISBN 13: 9781406312782
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 29