The sparkly cover is also bound to make little book lovers smile. It has a traditional feel and a timeless quality that could make it a future family favourite. Irina's story will please young fans of Michael Morpurgo and recalls the wonder of the Christmas classic, The Snowman. The old man's words come true - but it doesn't mean the end of things for Irina and Bella.Ī gentle story of magic and love is repackaged in this pretty gift edition, which is perfect for Christmas. When Irina sees a tatty horse in a junk-shop window, she thinks it looks sad and. Dreams don’t leave footprints in the snow.

Award-winning classic young fiction, beautifully illustrated. The day will come when she must join the herd of wild horses that race across the horizon. A little toy horse is about to change Irina’s life forever.

Irina's Bella comes to life and they have magical rides together in the dead of night, but the old man warns her - a horse cannot be owned. The old man in the shop tells Irina a story of a beautiful horse named Bella and insists that she take the wooden horse home. But when Irina sees the sad old toy lying in the window of a junk shop, she's determined to rescue it. (Fiction.Irina's parents can't understand why she'd want a moth-eaten old rocking horse for her Christmas present. A fine chapter book for newly independent readers. The enchanted horse by Magdalen Nabb, 1993, Young Lions edition, in English.

Again, Vainio's lively drawings capture the essence of the more telling moments. Her deftly sketched characters, both children and adults, are wonderfully three- dimensional: a martinet of a principal, Josie's wise but not infallible mother, perennial rival/friend Eileen-each is a believable blend of strengths and faults. Nabb's artfully mixed humor and sympathy for childhood's dramas and misunderstandings rivals Cleary's. cares for an old and battered wooden horse with such devotion that it comes to life. This time, three long episodes involve Josie's abortive attempt to take her new teacher a bouquet the difficulty of making friends with an Indian classmate who doesn't know English and a mix-up concerning a class play, when the new haircut Josie at first admires causes her to be drafted for a male role-which turns out to be just one of several miscastings that precipitate a comical epidemic of tears. The Enchanted Horse by Magdalen Nabb - book cover, description. A third book about a likable, strong-minded child who lives in a friendly British village with her ``mom.'' Fans of Josie (Josie Smith, 1989) will remember that, though she's conscientious and well-intentioned, her imagination and persistence tend to get her into amusing trouble.

The enchanted horse by magdalen nabb