“What are the best Children’s books about Horses?” We looked at 209 of the top Kids Horse books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 29 titles, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Kids Horse” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 175+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.
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A colorfult art book that celebrates horses.
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For a war horse, Clyde is an abysmal coward, but he finally decides that even if he isn’t brave he can at least act brave.
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Nellie Sue, who fancies herself a real cowgirl, wants a horse for her birthday, but she discovers that a brand new bicycle–her first–takes almost as much taming as a filly.
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When an old peddler needs a new horse to pull his heavy wagon, he buys one named Max from the firehouse auction. All’s well until one day Max hears fire bells clanging.
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Shelby is convinced her reliable but ugly pony, Blue, is holding her back at Pony Club. If only she had a beautiful horse, everyone would see what a great rider she is. But how can Shelby buy a new horse when her parents can’t even afford to pay her Pony Club fees? When she sees an ad for an eye-catching brown pony for sale or swap, Shelby thinks she’s found the answer to all her problems. Maxshine Celtic Copper – otherwise known as Brat – seems perfect. But swapping a pony who’s your best friend for a highly strung horse whose beautiful brown coat washes out with shampoo turns out to be a really bad idea. The race is on for Shelby and her friends to catch a horse thief, find her beloved Blue and return Brat to her rightful owners.…
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Rhyming text assures foals that their mothers are watching over them while they leap on a farm, frolic on a beach, gallop on a plain, and sleep in a stall.
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When a small boy graduates from his little pony to a big horse, the pony is sad until the time comes when he is able to do something the big horse cannot do.
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In mid-twentieth-century England, fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown, determined to turn the unruly horse she wins in a raffle into a champion, learns that she needs more than hard work and dedication to achieve her goal of riding her horse in the Grand National steeplechase.…
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A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.
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Robert’s allergic reaction to roses gets him in trouble repeatedly.
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When Rosie’s popsicle stick turns into a horse named Stickerino, they have a lot of adventures.
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Nina is determined to save the horses at the famous Spanish Riding School in Vienna during the war.
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The true story of Seabiscuit, the grandson of one of the greatest racehorses of all time. But he’d lost nearly every race he’d run. Automobile tycoon Charles Howard took a risk and purchased Seabiscuit for a bargain price. With a clever new trainer and a loving jockey, Seabiscuit began winning. But could he really beat the Triple Crown Champion?…
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Silver Snaffles was a beloved pony book for many generations and is finally back in print via Fidra Books. Anyone who has learned to ride must have wondered quite what the horse thinks of her: children must long for the ponies they love to talk to them.
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Does your imagination ever run wild? Charli is at riding camp, where her dream is about to come true, she will finally learn to ride a real, live horse. But when show-off Mikaela picks the horse Charli wants, her heart bungees to her toes. Instead of the beautiful palomino Razz, Charli?s stuck riding the massive retired racehorse Spud. And what about the bats that fill the night sky. Don’t bats spread deadly diseases? Riding camp isn’t turning out the way Charli planned, especially when she finds herself in the middle of a life-threatening disaster. An action-packed adventure about horses, bats and getting carried away by your imagination.…
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Illustrations of wintry scenes accompany each line of the well-known poem.
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In response to an Indian boy’s prayer for help for his hungry people, the Great Spirit sends the gift of the Sacred Dogs, horses, which enable the tribe to hunt for buffalo.
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Although no one else can see it, Harry is very pleased to have a horse in his room.
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After her pony Bella, trapped in quicksand, is rescued by a mysterious unseen person, ten-year-old Biddy follows the trail into the Australian bush and discovers the solution to a disappearance that happened years ago.
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In the midst of another freezing winter, Max, the devoted caretaker of a wildlife reserve, must learn to live with the Nazis who have overrun his land. He must also learn to keep secrets, for there is a girl, Kalinka, who is hiding in the park. Kalinka has lost her home, her family, her belongings ? everything but her life. Still, she has gained one small, precious gift: a relationship with the rare wild and wily Przewalski’s horses that wander the reservation. Apart from Max, these endangered animals are her only friends until a Nazi campaign of extermination nearly wipes them out for good. Now Kalinka must set out on a treacherous journey through the frozen Ukrainian forest to save the only two surviving horses ? and herself. This sensitive, inspiring tale captures the power of sacrifice, the endurance of the human spirit and the astonishing loyalty of animals.…
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After disease wipes out her family’s breeding farm, Ashleigh determines she will never care for a horse again until a small, sickly foal is born at the new farm that her family manages.
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Cowgirl Kate and her cowhorse Cocoa, who is always hungry, count cows, share a story, and help each other fall asleep.
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Through his intense devotion to the colt Flicka, a young boy living on a Wyoming ranch begins to learn about responsibility and gain a better understanding of his brusque father.
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Introduces Noni the pony, who is friendly and funny and lives at Waratah Bay, where her best friends are Dave Dog and Coco the cat.
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A rhymed counting book from one to twelve celebrates horses, real and imaginary.
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World War I has started and the military needs horses to move equipment, charge the enemy, and carry wounded soldiers off the battlefield. Joey, a farm horse is sold to the Army. Joey misses the farmer’s son, Albert, and spends the war years wondering if the war will ever end and if he will ever see Albert again.…
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Paul and Maureen Beebe’s determination to own a pony from the herd on Chincoteague Island, Virginia, is greatly increased when the elusive Phantom and her colt are among the ponies rounded up for the yearly auction.
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Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse destined to play an important part in his life. Following their rescue their adventure continues in America.
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A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
| # | Books | Authors | Lists |
| 30 | 16 Hands Between Your Legs | Julian Seaman | Horse And Hound |
| 31 | A Field Full of Horses: Read and Wonder | Peter Hansard | Goodreads |
| 32 | A Friend for Einstein, the Smallest Stallion | Charlie Cantrell | Goodreads |
| 33 | A Great Big Ugly Man Came Up and Tied His Horse to Me: A Book of Nonsense Verse | Wallace Tripp | Goodreads |
| 34 | A Horse Called Wonder | Joanna Campbell | Bustle |
| 35 | A Horse Story: Sami and Thomas meet Pascal | James McDonald | Goodreads |
| 36 | A is for Amos | Deborah Chandra | Goodreads |
| 37 | A Pony for Jean | Readings | |
| 38 | Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse | Ursula Moray Williams | Goodreads |
| 39 | All the Pretty Little Horses | Linda Saport | Goodreads |
| 40 | Amy’s Three Best Things | Philippa Pearce | Goodreads |
| 41 | Animal Ark: | Not Consumed | |
| 42 | Animal Stars: The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger | Jackie French. | Children’s Books Daily |
| 43 | Appaloosa Zebra: A Horse Lover’s Alphabet | Jessie Haas | Goodreads |
| 44 | B is for Buckaroo | Louise Doak Whitney | Barnes & Noble |
| 45 | Battle of the Jade Horse | Alison Lloyd. | Children’s Books Daily |
| 46 | Being Bindy | Books For Keeps | |
| 47 | Breyer Horse Collection | Not Consumed | |
| 48 | Breyer Stablemates Series: | Not Consumed | |
| 49 | Calico the Wonder Horse, or The Saga of Stewy Stinker | Virginia Lee Burton | Goodreads |
| 50 | Call the Horse Lucky | Juanita Havill | Goodreads |
| 51 | Carrie and Bandit | Sonrise Stable | |
| 52 | Catch a Winner Leaves the Ranch | Pat Eytcheson Taylor | Goodreads |
| 53 | Circle C Adventures | Not Consumed | |
| 54 | Circle C Beginnings | Not Consumed | |
| 55 | Clarence Goes Out West & Meets a Purple Horse | Jean Ekman Adams | Goodreads |
| 56 | Clip-Clop | Nicola Smee | Goodreads |
| 57 | Clothed With Thunder | Sonrise Stable | |
| 58 | Coming Home | Lauren Brooke | Bustle |
| 59 | Cowboy Small | Lois Lenski | Goodreads |
| 60 | Do You Dare? The Last Horse Race | James Moloney. | Children’s Books Daily |
| 61 | Donkey’s Kite (Horse Valley Adventure #2) | Liana-Melissa Allen | Goodreads |
| 62 | Encyclopedia of the Horse | Elwyn Hartley Edwards | Carrieelle |
| 63 | Every Cowgirl Loves a Rodeo | Rebecca Janni | Goodreads |
| 64 | Everything but the Horse | Holly Hobbie | Goodreads |
| 65 | Facts About Horses: 50 Amazing Illustrated Facts for Kids | Amy Lyons | Goodreads |
| 66 | First Book of Horses and Ponies | Readings | |
| 67 | Flutterby Fly | Stephen Cosgrove | Goodreads |
| 68 | Fly-by-Night | Books For Keeps | |
| 69 | Follow Our Leader | Sonrise Stable | |
| 70 | For Horse-Crazy Girls Only: Everything You Want to Know About Horses | Christina Wilsdon | Barnes & Noble |
| 71 | For Love of a Horse | Books For Keeps | |
| 72 | Fritz and the Beautiful Horses | Jan Brett | Goodreads |
| 73 | From Appaloose to Zebra | Jessie Haas | Carrieelle |
| 74 | Giddy Up! Let’s Ride! | Flora McDonnell | Goodreads |
| 75 | Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Softonic | |
| 76 | Hello, Horse’ | Children’s Books Daily | |
| 77 | Hiding that Horse | David Metzenthen | Children’s Books Daily |
| 78 | Hoofbeats | Not Consumed | |
| 79 | Horse | Malachy Doyle | Goodreads |
| 80 | Horse Crazy | Bonnie Bryant | Bustle |
| 81 | Horse Crazy: The Complete Adventures of Bonnie and Sam | Alison Lester | Children’s Books Daily |
| 82 | Horse Diaries | Not Consumed | |
| 83 | Horse in the House | Ben M. Baglio | Bustle |
| 84 | Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia | Ted Lewin | Goodreads |
| 85 | Horse With the Easter Bonnet | Jane Thayer | Goodreads |
| 86 | Horsefly | Alice Hoffman | Goodreads |
| 87 | Horses! | Gail Gibbons | Goodreads |
| 88 | I Believe in Genevieve | Jenny Craig | Goodreads |
| 89 | I Want a Pony | Jeanne Betancourt | Bustle |
| 90 | If I Had a Horse | Jonathan London | Goodreads |
| 91 | Jerry | Ursula Dubosarsky | Children’s Books Daily |
| 92 | John and Tom | Willem Lange | Goodreads |
| 93 | Justin Morgan Had a Horse | Marguerite Henry | Bustle |
| 94 | Keeping Secrets: Timber Ridge Riders (Book 1) | Maggie Dana | Barnes & Noble |
| 95 | King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian | Marguerite Henry | Bustle |
| 96 | Ladybird Classics: Black Beauty | Readings | |
| 97 | Leonardo’s Horse | Jean Fritz | Goodreads |
| 98 | Leroy Ninker Saddles Up: Tales from Deckawoo Drive, Volume One | Kate DiCamillo | Barnes & Noble |
| 99 | Lightning Jack | Glenda Millard | Children’s Books Daily |
| 100 | Little Red Cowboy Hat | Susan Lowell | Goodreads |
| 101 | Loyal Creatures | Morris Gleitzman. | Children’s Books Daily |
| 102 | Magnus at the Fire | Jennifer Armstrong | Goodreads |
| 103 | Mercenary (Longsword Saga, #1) | R.J. Connor | Goodreads |
| 104 | Mi Reino Por Un Caballo/ My Kingdom for a Horse | Ana Maria Machado | Goodreads |
| 105 | Midnight | Mark Greenwood | Children’s Books Daily |
| 106 | Milkman’s Boy | Donald Hall | Goodreads |
| 107 | Mister Penny’s Race Horse | Marie Hall Ets | Goodreads |
| 108 | Mrs. Mack | Patricia Polacco | Goodreads |
| 109 | Mumkin | Stephen Cosgrove | Goodreads |
| 110 | Mustang Canyon | Jonathan London | Goodreads |
| 111 | My Australian Story: The Phar Lap Mystery | Sophie Masson. | Children’s Books Daily |
| 112 | My Farm | Alison Lester | Goodreads |
| 113 | My Pony | Susan Jeffers | Goodreads |
| 114 | Mystic Horse | Paul Goble | Goodreads |
| 115 | Nitter Pitter | Stephen Cosgrove | Goodreads |
| 116 | Nobody’s Horse | Books For Keeps | |
| 117 | Noni the Pony Goes to the Beach | Readings | |
| 118 | Old Thunder and Miss Raney | Sharon Darrow | Goodreads |
| 119 | Operation Christmas Spirit | Sonrise Stable | |
| 120 | Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm | Alice Provensen | Goodreads |
| 121 | Outward Appearances | Sonrise Stable | |
| 122 | Phantom Stallion | Not Consumed | |
| 123 | Phar Lap The Wonder Horse | Jackie Kerin | Children’s Books Daily |
| 124 | Phoebe and Her Unicorn (Phoebe and Her Unicorn Series Book 1) | Readings | |
| 125 | Pocket Genius: Horses | Read Brightly | |
| 126 | Pony Club Camp | Josephine Pullein-Thompson | Horse And Hound |
| 127 | Pony Pals | Not Consumed | |
| 128 | Pony Problem | Readings | |
| 129 | Race with Midnight | Rob Sauber | Goodreads |
| 130 | Rejoice With Me | Sonrise Stable | |
| 131 | Rosie and Scamper | Sonrise Stable | |
| 132 | Run with the Wind | Caroline Pitcher | Goodreads |
| 133 | Saddle Club | Bonnie Bryant | Carrieelle |
| 134 | Scamper and the Horse Show | Jessie Haas | Goodreads |
| 135 | Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague | Marguerite Henry | Bustle |
| 136 | Seneca | Karen Lee Baker | Goodreads |
| 137 | Sheltie the Shetland Pony | Peter Clover | Horse And Hound |
| 138 | Silver Brumby Centenary Edition | Readings | |
| 139 | Smoky the Cowhorse | Read Brightly | |
| 140 | Snow Ponies | Cynthia Cotten | Goodreads |
| 141 | Snowy | Berlie Doherty | Goodreads |
| 142 | Sonrise Stable Series | Not Consumed | |
| 143 | Splish-Splash | Nicola Smee | Goodreads |
| 144 | Stable | Ted Lewin | Goodreads |
| 145 | Stallion by Starlight (Magic Tree House #49) | Read Brightly | |
| 146 | Star Horse | Readings | |
| 147 | Stay Well Soon | Readings | |
| 148 | Step Right Up: How Doc and Jim Key Taught the World about Kindness | Donna Janell Bowman | Goodreads |
| 149 | Sugaring | Books For Keeps | |
| 150 | Tender Mercies | Sonrise Stable | |
| 151 | That’s Not My Pony | Fiona Watt | Children’s Books Daily |
| 152 | The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse | Eric Carle | Goodreads |
| 153 | The Best Book of Ponies | Jackie Budd | Goodreads |
| 154 | The Biggest Horse I Ever Did See | Susan Couture | Goodreads |
| 155 | The Black Horse | Marianna Mayer | Goodreads |
| 156 | The Black Stallion | Anna Sewell | Barnes & Noble |
| 157 | The Book of Horses and Unicorns | Readings | |
| 158 | The Bride’s Farewell | Books For Keeps | |
| 159 | The Damage Done | Books For Keeps | |
| 160 | The Finest Horse in Town | Jacqueline Briggs Martin | Goodreads |
| 161 | The Georges and the Jewels | Books For Keeps | |
| 162 | The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses | Paul Goble | Goodreads |
| 163 | The Glory | Lauren St. John | Goodreads |
| 164 | The Good-Luck Horse | Chih-Yi Chan | Goodreads |
| 165 | The Heartland series | Lauren Brooke | Horse And Hound |
| 166 | The Horse and Pony Creativity Book | Children’s Books Daily | |
| 167 | The Horses Didn’t Come Home | Pamela Rushby. | Children’s Books Daily |
| 168 | The Ice Horse | Candace Christiansen | Goodreads |
| 169 | The Island Horse | Susan Hughes | Goodreads |
| 170 | The Jill series | Ruby Ferguson | Horse And Hound |
| 171 | The Jinny series | Patricia Leitch | Horse And Hound |
| 172 | The Kids’ Horse Book | Sylvia Funston | Goodreads |
| 173 | The little horse bus | Graham Greene | Goodreads |
| 174 | The Little Unicorn That Had No Horn | James McDonald | Goodreads |
| 175 | The Little White Horse | Readings | |
| 176 | The Mare on the Hill | Thomas Locker | Goodreads |
| 177 | The Mud Pony | Caron Lee Cohen | Goodreads |
| 178 | The One Dollar Horse: Book 1 | Readings | |
| 179 | The Palomino Pony Comes Home | Readings | |
| 180 | The Palomino Pony Rides Out | Readings | |
| 181 | The Perfect Pony | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Goodreads |
| 182 | The Polka Dot Horse | Elizabeth Theil | Goodreads |
| 183 | The Princess and the Pony | Kate Beaton | Barnes & Noble |
| 184 | The Red Pony | John Steinbeck | Bustle |
| 185 | The Silver Brumby | Readings | |
| 186 | The Silver Horse Switch (Horse Crazy, #1) | Alison Lester | Goodreads |
| 187 | The Smallest Horse | Lorie List | Goodreads |
| 188 | The Snake Who Wanted To Be A Horse | Valerie Harmon | Goodreads |
| 189 | The Snow Pony’: | Children’s Books Daily | |
| 190 | The Storm | Marc Harshman | Goodreads |
| 191 | The Team | Books For Keeps | |
| 192 | The Thunderherd | Kathi Appelt | Goodreads |
| 193 | The Wild Little Horse | Rita Gray | Goodreads |
| 194 | The Wild One | Terri Farley | Bustle |
| 195 | The Wish Pony | Children’s Books Daily | |
| 196 | The Word on the Yard | Books For Keeps | |
| 197 | Thinking Racehorse | Jimmy Tudeski | Goodreads |
| 198 | Tilly’s Horse, Magic: Team Spirit: Book 1 | Readings | |
| 199 | Treasured Horses Collection | Not Consumed | |
| 200 | Twenty Heartbeats | Dennis Haseley | Goodreads |
| 201 | Uni the Unicorn | Readings | |
| 202 | Warhorse | Michael Morpurgo. | Children’s Books Daily |
| 203 | We Go In A Circle | Peggy Perry Anderson | Goodreads |
| 204 | When Wishes Were Horses | Sharon Hart Addy | Goodreads |
| 205 | Who Was Seabiscuit? | Read Brightly | |
| 206 | Why Don’t You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? | Jean Fritz | Goodreads |
| 207 | Winter Shoes for Shadow Horse | Linda Oatman High | Goodreads |
| 208 | With All You Are | Sonrise Stable | |
| 209 | Wonder Horse | Softonic |
| Source | Article |
| Barnes & Noble | 11 Books for the Horse-Obsessed |
| Books For Keeps | Children’s Books – Articles – Ten of the Best Horse and Pony Books |
| Bustle | 15 Books About Horses Every ’90s Kid Definitely Read In Their |
| Carrieelle | 10 Horse Books for Kids |
| Children’s Books Daily | Top Twenty Horse Books for Children |
| Goodreads | Best Picture Books About Horses |
| Horse And Hound | The books that every horsey child needs to read |
| Not Consumed | Good Horse Books for Girls |
| Read Brightly | Giddy Up, Readers! The Best Horse Books for Kids Ages 8 – 12 |
| Readings | Children’s books about horses, ponies and unicorns |
| Softonic | 12 Best picture books about horses 2019 |
| Sonrise Stable | Horse Books for Girls | Christian Horse Books |
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