Scan Western Star (Saddle Club Super Edition, #3) Authored By Bonnie Bryant Readable In Audio Books
at the Bar None, a snow storm and some horse rustling a classic Saddle Club Christmas!
In regards to the book, I'll just say, if you like the Saddle Club or similar horse books you'll probably enjoy this.
Otherwise, it's not going to be the best fit for you! What I do want to mention a bit more specifically in this review is the cover art.
It's always been one of my favourite covers, and what you can't tell from the Goodreads image is that it's kind of two covers you lift the picture of the mare and her foals to reveal the Saddle Club trio riding across the same scenery, recreating the Starlight Ride.
It's truly beautiful and I have always loved it, every single time I've read this book, Yesterday was the first time it ever occurred to me to see who painted it Paul Casale, it turns out, He did many of my favourite Saddle Club covers there were quite a few different artists over the years, all good and also covers I loved for the Thoroughbred books, created by Joanna Campbell.
There's something quite magical to his work,
I Googled him last night and was sad to see he died a few years ago, at the fairly young age of, I just wanted to take a moment to express thanks to someone who I obviously never met, but who contributed a great deal of joy of to my childhood, his covers often fuelling my own imagined versions of adventures for the Saddle Club.
I realise his career spanned far beyond the horsey books I devoured as a kid, but I think for me, the covers he did were the first time I remember being stopped in my tracks by an image.
He really added something special to the books and my life, On winter break from school, Stevie, Carole, and Lisa head west to the Bar None Ranch, During their stay there, an almost miraculous series of events touches each of them and reminds them that holidays mean more than presents and time off from their studies.
American author of childrens books, She
is best known for creating the intermediate horse book series The Saddle Club, which was published from Octoberuntil April, The Saddle Club chronicled the adventures of thirteen year old Lisa Atwood and twelve year olds Stephanie Stevie Lake and Carole Hanson, The series was static in time the girls never aged inbooks,special editions, andInside Stories, Bonnie Bryant also wrote two spin off series: Pony Tails, aimed at beginning readers, and Pine Hollow, aimed at teenage readers, ThePony Tails books followed the lives of eight year olds May Grover, Corey Takamura, and Jasmine James, Pine Hollow featured Carole, Lisa, Stevie, and their new friends in a series set four year American author of children's books, She is best known for creating the intermediate horse book series The Saddle Club, which was published from Octoberuntil April, The Saddle Club chronicled the adventures of thirteen year old Lisa Atwood and twelve year olds Stephanie "Stevie" Lake and Carole Hanson, The series was static in time the girls never aged inbooks,special editions, andInside Stories, Bonnie Bryant also wrote two spin off series: Pony Tails, aimed at beginning readers, and Pine Hollow, aimed at teenage readers, ThePony Tails books followed the lives of eight year olds May Grover, Corey Takamura, and Jasmine James, Pine Hollow featured Carole, Lisa, Stevie, and their new friends in a series set four years after The Saddle Club, Unlike The Saddle Club, Pine Hollow conformed to a realistic timeline, Thebooks took place over the span of less than a year, Later a television show called The Saddle Club, based on the books, was filmed in Australia, Bonnie Bryant wrote at leastThe Saddle Club books andPine Hollow books herself after that they were taken over by a team of ghostwriters, a common practice in long running children's book series.
Ghostwriters for the Saddle Club and Pine Hollow books included Caitlin Macy sometimes credited as Caitlin C, Macy, Catherine Hapka, Sallie Bissell, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Helen Geraghty, Tina deVaron, Cat Johnston, Minna Jung, and Sheila Prescott Vessey, Bonnie Bryant is also the author of many novelizations of movies, including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Karate Kid, and Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, written under her married name, B.
B. Hiller. She also collaborated in the ghostwriting of The Baby sitters Club Super Special: BSC in the USA, published under the name of its creator, Ann M, Martin. Bonnie Bryant was born and raised in New York City, She met her husband, Neil W, Hiller, in college, where they both worked on the campus newspaper, They had two sons, Emmons Hiller and Andrew Hiller, Neil Hiller died in. Many of Bonnie's books are dedicated to him, from wikipedia. org sitelink.