Farley
The Black Stallion (Carolyn) - Walter Farley
August/13/11 07:43
Alec was like you and me. He had freckles and was short. He had a brand new pocket knife that he hoped to use for something besides sharpening pencils and cleaning his fingernails. He was on a boat without his parents, just waiting for an adventure to happen. Everybody wants a special friend. To be your grandfather’s favorite kid, to be the little pal of the big boys, to have the teacher like you best, those give a child reassurance that they matter, that they are important. The Black Stallion was the ultimate special friend. No one else could go near him, or else the flinty hooves or the bared teeth would destroy the foolish presumer. He was very powerful, very beautiful, and unique. But Alec, by his own kind and loving efforts helped create the special bond they shared, which lasted all through the whole book series. Even if I wasn’t a horsey person, I could appreciate the themes of friendship, adventure, competition and fulfilling your dreams. Read More...
The Black Stallion Returns - Walter Farley
August/13/11 07:41
I didn't know that The Black Stallion was series for the first 3 years I read it. My earliest memories of the Black Stallion was me reading it (and not for the first time) when we moved to Davis - I was going into the first grade. Two years later we moved, and having a residence that was bigger than a matchbox, books were brought out of storage and my mom presented me "The Black Stallion Returns".
I hated it. I read it once. I was mad at my Mom for even giving it to me to read.
Then I discovered something else - there were more Black Stallion books - more and more and more! The next years were spent in the "F" section of juvenile fiction at the local library. Read More...
I hated it. I read it once. I was mad at my Mom for even giving it to me to read.
Then I discovered something else - there were more Black Stallion books - more and more and more! The next years were spent in the "F" section of juvenile fiction at the local library. Read More...
The Black Stallion (Mel) - Walter Farley
August/13/11 07:39
Let's say you've been living on an island and I have never read the 1941 "The Black Stallion" by Walter Farley.
Similar to trying to explain what oatmeal was to the Japanese college roommate (it's delicious I swear!), the conversation might go like this....
"Ummm....it's about a boy getting shipwrecked and being saved by a horse and they are on a deserted island. And he tames it. And rides it around the island at a gallop without a bridle or saddle. And then they get rescued.....and they run this race and....Hey, where are you going!? It's good I swear!"
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Similar to trying to explain what oatmeal was to the Japanese college roommate (it's delicious I swear!), the conversation might go like this....
"Ummm....it's about a boy getting shipwrecked and being saved by a horse and they are on a deserted island. And he tames it. And rides it around the island at a gallop without a bridle or saddle. And then they get rescued.....and they run this race and....Hey, where are you going!? It's good I swear!"
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