ranch life

Discusses the cowboy on the Old West, his dress, manner and daily activities.

Bonita is used to spending the day carrying her elegant mistress to fiestas and being cared for in a safe, snug barn, but when shots are fired at the Alamo, Bonita's perfect life at the ranch is gone forever.

When Slim is left to take care of the ranch and little Alfred, who has the measles, he gets sick himself and a freak blizzard sets in, so it is up Hank to try to keep things under control.

Twelve-year-old Molly's visit to her aunt and uncle's llama ranch in the state of Washington leads her into unexpected danger and suspense.

Soon after her yearling, Jack, begins working with professional trainers at a nearby ranch, Abby Lovitt takes responsibility for a very large, very smart, and very curious retired racehorse named Gee Whiz.

Twelve-year-old Haley Sparks was not looking forward to cleaning cabins and washing dishes at her Uncle Jake's bed and breakfast cabins, but when an arsonist burns one of the cabins Haley sets out to find the culprit.

Bird, a thirteen-year-old girl who has not spoken since being dumped by her mother to be raised with her Aunt Hannah at Saddle Creek Farm, forms a special bond with Sundancer, a guarded, touchy horse left at the farm, and both girl and horse are making great progress when Bird's mother Eva decides to pay a visit.

Abby Lovitt takes her beloved horse, True Blue, to the most famous equestrian clinic around, not knowing how it will change her and her horse's life. Then, Sophia, a girl who hardly ever makes a mistake, becomes so frightened that she refuses to ride her horse, Pie in the Sky, ever again. Pie in the Sky comes to Abby, who reluctantly takes the challenge of training the stubborn horse, and in the process learns something about life.

Hank the cowdog must protect the ranch from an orphaned raccoon with a bad case of "moonlight madness," an itch for trouble brought on by the light of the moon.