Polly's Oats

by Marc Simont

Book Overview

Wanting to keep his three prize horses, Prince, Prance, and Ponce, in the best condition, the farmer is too busy to remember to feed oats to poor workhorse Polly, until one rainy day when he forgets... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440408202
• ISBN13: 9780440408208
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: Yearling Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A book to be read many times over.

A fantastic story of good things happening to an unassuming work horse who quietly lives her life in the shadow of three very spoiled and malicious show horses. A story that shows us that it is very easy to take the good things in our lives for granted. The number of times my mother read this story to me as a kid are countless. I only hope that my own children will remember this story as well as I do when they are grown up. A story to be passed on for generations.

A charming book for young readers

Polly's Oats is a truly wonderful tale about a poor old work horse who saves the day and the other posh horses that live on the farm. This book demonstrates that goodness always prevails in the end. I am now 34 years old and think of my grandmother reading this book to me often. It was my favorite childhood story. I own this book in its original hardcover form, yet have searched out to obtain another copy only to find it was out of print. This is a joy to find!! I'm grinning ear -to-ear. In order for my husband to marry me, he had to read this delightful tale to me the night before our wedding. God bless you for putting this back in circulation. Aside from the story line I also have always enjoyed the pencil drawing illustrations in this little jem.