Gallop

I had a TON of childhood favorite horse books, but The Silver Brumby tops the list. I didn’t read the other books in the series because I don’t think I knew they existed, but the first one, all about Thowra, the silver stallion, really had all the elements to capture my pre-pubescent interest. There was romance and daring escapes and beautiful cream and golden horses and fights for herd dominance. I loved that the horses were the characters, rather than the people. I must have read that book 10 times as a kid!

Other favorites include most of the Black Stallion books, particularly The Horse Tamer. I really liked Black Beauty and read it many times. I had a book called Mr. Revere And I, which was all about Paul Revere’s ride, but it was written from the horse’s perspective. (Obviously I was way more into horses than people at that stage of my life -- perhaps I still am!)

—Sara Lieser is managing editor of The Chronicle of the Horse and an eventer. **