Category Archives: Art

Old Bones, The Wonder Horse By Mildred Mastin Pace Illustrated by Wesley Dennis 1955 Scholastic 1974 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Exterminator ~~~ P Authors on Rodney’s Saga Pryor [New Equipment: Clickers, Back To Kindergarten] Pease [From the Shelves III] This Year [O is for O’Connor] [N is for Newsum] [M isContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: P is for Pace”

Life In The Galloping Lane by Karen & David O’Connor with Nancy Jaffer Primedia 2004 ~~~ This Year [N is for Newsum] [M is for McKinley] [L is for Lewis] [K is for Krementz] [J is for Journal] [I is for Ipcar] [H is for Hatch] [G is for Gray] [F is for Francis] [EContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: O is for O’Connor”

Milton Gillian Newsum Kennilworth 1991 Not what you might think. I’ve owned the book since before my Milton was born. Because of the jumper Milton, I was concerned about keeping the name for a Canadian racehorse also named Milton. I was told not to worry. Only the old farts would remember. Newsum on Rodney’s SagaContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: N is for Newsum”

The Blue Sword Robin McKinley Greenwillow 1992, Ace 1987 McKinley on Rodney’s Saga Fantasy & Science Fiction Cover Art Happy Trails Show Report: Alabama Charity Championship, Decatur AL ~~~ M Authors on Rodney’s Saga Mycio [From the Shelves II] Mineta [Texan in Tokyo, Blog & Books] Millard [Images of America: Kentucky’s Saddlebred Heritage] McCloud [Cross-Fertilization]Continue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: M is for McKinley”

A Book of Narnians By C.S. Lewis Illustrated by Pauline Baynes Text Compiled by James Riordan HarperCollins 1995 As with Tenniel‘s Wonderland, to me, Baynes is Narnia. Lewis on Rodney’s Saga [Off Topic: LEGO for Lent] [On the Second Day Of Christmas: 2 Talking Steeds] [Fantasy Cover Art: Horse & His Boy] [A Fool ButContinue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: L is for Lewis”

    A Very Young Rider Jill Krementz Knopf 1977, 1980 6th printing The family appears to have gone into Thoroughbred breeding, Edition Farm. Photo of a grown up Vivi on the About page. According to a COTH forum, this is not the same location as in the book. “A Very Young Rider Grows Up“,Continue reading “Letter Art, AlphaBooks: K is for Krementz”