How to Love a Pony

How to Love a PonyHow to Love a Pony by Michelle Meadows, Sawyer Cloud
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers on May 2, 2023
ISBN: 0593483162
Pages: 48
Genres: Animals
Format: Early Reader
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three-stars

This beginning book will take emerging readers through a year of caring for a pony, including feeding, brushing, and training. The text is relatively simple and readers can use the illustrations to help them solve most of their new words, though some adult support will probably be needed. The text rhymes and has an easy rhythm to follow, which could help readers build fluency. One of this book’s biggest strengths is the diversity of characters represented in the illustrations. The main character is a Black girl and the other people in the book are a variety of ethnicities and have different body types. This book would be a great addition to an Early Reader collection.

Reviewed by Lindsay Varnum, Orono Public Library

three-stars