Colorful illustrations and easy-to-follow text introduce young readers to a girl named Meg, her love for ponies, and how when her family moves to the country Meg makes a new friend on a horse farm.
In a mid-ninth-century Bedouin camp in the Arabian Desert, a horse is born to a prized Arabian war mare who dies during the birth, and the foal is raised with dreams of continuing her mother's glory as a war mare. Includes facts about Arabian horses and their importance to Bedouin tribes.
Around the year 1000, the Icelandic horse named Elska is born and learns about life and her role in the herd, as well as love and friendship, when she rescues the girl to whom she originally belonged. Includes facts about Icelandic horses and Iceland.
Shrek and Fiona want to move back to the swamp, but they first need to find and convince Arthur Pendragon that he is better suited to be king than Shrek.
Meg, Jill, and Annie, having learned a lot since they started taking riding lessons, decide to take a trail ride by themselves and realize they are not prepared for such an adventure.
Meg, spending the weekend with Annie at their friend Jill's house, learns a lesson about being careful after one of the girls forgets to latch a pony's stall and it escapes.
Jill is hoping to take first place at the horse show with her pony, Apples, but she starts to get nervous when she sees her competition includes a perfect bay pony and its smartly-dressed rider.
