Jessie Haas - author of Horse Crazy 12/13, 2pm

Sun, 12/13/2009 - 2:00pm
Sun, 12/13/2009 - 3:30pm
Etc/GMT-5

Jessie HaasWant to crochet a saddle blanket? Get involved in showing model horses? Learn about modern chariot racing, jousting, and guide horses for the blind? Or just integrate horses into everything you do in life? HORSE CRAZY! is your book. Packed with crafts, book and movie reviews, info on all kinds of horse sports, and with special features on drawing and photographing horses and writing horse stories, HORSE CRAZY! offers plenty for horse owners and those who haven't yet achieved that dream. For kids age 8-up, and of course, their parents!  

Jessie Haas is the author of more than 30 books for children, including both fiction and nonfiction, many focused on relationships with horses. Her young adult novel Unbroken was selected as a Best Book of 1999 by both Library Journal and Publishers Weekly. She is a member of the Author’s Guild and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She lives in Vermont. 

Jessie has some special activities planned for our event - one of which is making a halter for your toy horse.  Be sure to call or email us with book and event reservations. Join us in welcoming one of our favorite local authors to Village Square Booksellers.

(Maybe her husband and fellow author, Michael Daley will be coming too...)

 

EVENT WILL BE RESCHEDULED--- SNOWED OUT DEC 13 

 

 

Location: 
Village Square Booksellers
32 The Sq
Bellows Falls, Vermont 05101-0245

By Jessie Haas
$16.95
ISBN-13: 9781603421546
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Storey Publishing, 07/01/2009
Are you a horse-crazy kid, happier at the stables than at the mall? Then this jam-packed treasure chest of information, activities, games, resources, craft projects, and more—all about horses, and all designed for kids 8 and up—is the book you’ve been waiting for. Author Jessie Haas provides practical information on all things equine, along with ideas and inspiration for indulging your own creative impulses by writing about horses, sketching or photographing them, and doing craft projects focused on them. Every chapter contains fascinating facts, helpful tips, breed IDs, and suggestions for horse movies you’ll love and horse books you won’t want to miss. There’s never a dull moment in the life of a horse-obsessed kid!


Paper
Pages: 376
Size: 8 x 8
Color: Two-color; Illustrations throughout