My characters are Breyer horses. I have no words for how fantastically fun this is for me.

Henry feeds Blue a waffle…

And doesn’t neglect Phin…

Son-playing-with-toys-based-on-my-books = teary, happy mama.

The praise of a librarian is just about the highest praise of all … and since my mother used to be a children’s librarian, that adds to the warm fuzzies. Here is what the Children’s Room of the Manhattan (Kansas) Public Library had to say about Little Prince, which they’re recommending on their Bookworm Buddies blog:

It’s a gem of a horse story, laugh-out loud funny and exciting. If you’ve ever loved a horse, this book will touch you.

Thanks, lovely librarians!

Today’s Louisville Courier-Journal has this shoutout for the new books. The C-J did a nice interview with me last year, when A Horse of Her Own came out, that Tuesday’s Horse has kept online here.

I’m going down to Kentucky to help celebrate BreyerFest’s twentieth birthday and will be reading and signing Wild Blue and Little Prince, the first two books of the Breyer Horse Portrait Collection. Here’s a nice press release about the event, and I’ll post my reading schedule as soon as it’s finalized. On Sunday, July 19, I’ll also be reading at Joseph-Beth bookstore. 

I can’t wait to be back at the Kentucky Horse Park, where I really, really wanted to live when I was eight, and to meet all the Breyer fans!

I am thrilled to announce (a bit late) the publication of my two new books, Wild Blue: The Story of a Mustang Appaloosa and Little Prince: The Story of a Shetland Pony, the first books in the Breyer Horse Portrait Collection, published by Feiwel and Friends. Check back for news on readings, reviews, events, etc.