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Darrow, Sharon

Old Thunder and Miss Raney

32 pp. | DK Ink/Kroupa | September, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-7894-2619-6 $$15.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Kathryn Brown. Raney and her pokey horse Thunder have never won a ribbon at the Washita County Fair, but not from lack of trying. This year spunky Raney is sure she's "got it in the bag and sewed shut" with her Sooner Biscuits--until a tornado stirs things up. The entertaining pace and folksy dialogue make this a natural choice for reading aloud. Energetic illustrations extend the tongue-in-cheek humor and are as clever as the homespun tale.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2000