War Horse (Scholastic Gold) (CD-Audio)

from mirrani

Black Beauty for Grownups. That is literally what I thought when I read the first line. At the time I thought it would be a rip off of one of my favorite books of all time, but then as I went from page to page and found myself glued to the book, unable to put it down, unable to stop myself from r...

from msf59

Joey is a beautiful red-bay horse, working on a small farm in the English countryside. In 1914, as war is breaking out, across Europe, he is sold into the army, to be used in the British cavalry. Against modern weaponry, this looks to be a doomed objective from the start. Joey finds himself in on...

from ladycato

I have to review this from two perspectives: as an adult and as a kid. As an adult, I found it rather dry. The book is told through the viewpoint of Joey the horse and he doesn't have much voice. He observes World War I and has a peculiar knack of understanding what is spoken in any language. It'...

from Finxy

Review from Badelynge. I was drawn to this book after seeing the life-sized horse puppets in the theatrical version of War Horse. Former UK Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo usually has an entire shelf dedicated to him in most British book shops and this one, written nearly 30 years ago is one...

from Davidgnp

Having first come to this story through the film and play (my neighbour's son was a puppeteer in the original and superb National Theatre production) I was surprised to find that the book is already thirty years old. Like the best of classic children's novels it is of course ageless even though i...