Star

by Jo Ann Simon

Book Overview

Shy overweight fourth grader Toni loses her feelings of clumsiness and self-consciousness when she forges a special bond with a horse during riding lessons and succeeds in her first horse show. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394829336
• ISBN13: 9780394829333
• Release Date: April 1989
• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Length: 365 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 3

Customer Reviews

Always a Good Read!

I had originally bought this book as something to read to my campers at riding camp but it has become one of my favorite horse stories. Children in grades 2 and up can probably read the book by themselves and will love learning about horses along with the book's main character Toni. The story is very realistic in the way that it describes riding stables and how people first learn to ride horses. Toni gets better at riding by WORKING for it and learning all that she can. As a result, the book shows her achieving her goals and making some new friends in the process. In my opinion this book would make an excellent gift idea for a younger reader that loves horses.