iceland pony

"Each June, Tory Bilski meets fellow women travelers in Reykjavik where they head to a horse farm in northern Iceland, near the Greenland Sea, to escape their ordinary lives and embrace their desire for adventure. Buoyed by their friendships with each other and their bonds with the horses they ride, they are ready to return home"--.

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.

Anna's horse, Prince, runs away one day; but with her wise Grandmother's help, they find the Prince and help her learn to trust again.

Describes, in text and photographs, the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the wild horses of Iceland.

An Icelandic foal searches for the source of something that she can hear but not see.

Describes, in text and photographs, the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the wild horses of Iceland.

Describes, in text and photographs, the physical characteristics habits, and natural environment of the wild horses of Iceland.

Describes how a young girl living fifty miles from the Arctic Circle gets her horse ready to participate in the annual r?ttir, or gathering of sheep, in their farming community in Iceland.