The Enchanted Horse

by Magdalen Nabb

Book Overview

Dirty, neglected, old--Irina's Christmas gift of a toy horse is just what she wanted, something to love and care for and call her own. The blind shopkeeper who gives it to her tells of a real horse... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007580290
• ISBN13: 9780007580293
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Age Range: 8 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 6

Customer Reviews

Found in the Library

I found this book while browsing in the library and came on here in hopes of finding one to buy for me and for one of my cousins. I guess I'm going to have to look in some second-hand shops now. A wonderful story, I admit I cried in some parts. Definately one to keep. A young girl named Irina lives out in the country with her parents, helping on the farm. Her parents told her a while ago that she was getting to old to celebrate christmas and so they have no tree, no decorations and she is only allowed to buy one gift for herself. Trying to pick something to please her mother she ends up spying an old wooden horse in a junk shop window that she wants to save because it's being crushed. Her mother is not pleased with her choice,("probably a mass of wormwood!" claims her mother)but they allow her to take it home. That's where the story continues from(for that is truly the start of the story), but, it's hard to love an enchanted thing.

A Cool Book

I thought The Enchanted Horse was a cool book.I liked it because it is easy to read and it was about a horse. It is a story about a girl and a magical horse. I liked reading it lots. If you like animals and magic I think you will like this book.

Best Book

I picked this from the library to do a reading project on fairy tales. I didn't know how it was going to turn out. But, it was a great book.

A gem of a story

This book was just a guess; I picked it up at the book fair with no expectations a few years ago. It turned out to be a beautiful, involving book that enthralled me. I still remember it fondly and always will as a glowing story of Christmas.