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Cooper, Kelly

If a Horse Had Words

48 pp. | Tundra | June, 2018 | Trade ISBN 978-1-101-91872-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-101-91873-9
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Lucy Eldridge. When colt Red Badger is born, a boy helps her stand for the first time. Simple, sensory text incorporates small details to give a horse's-eye view as Red Badger grows and is sold to a rodeo. Naturalistic, angular watercolors with plenty of white space add buoyancy, although the ending (boy and horse are momentarily reunited at a bucking bronco event) is rather abrupt and unsatisfying.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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