This is a very sweet story about a man and his neighbors in Ireland who emigrate to Arizona to raise Connemara ponies, a breed of Irish horses. The man’s brother teaches the children, who love the horses, how to care for them. It also tells the trials and tribulations of raising horses on a prairie near the mountains. Ms. Buesser is also the gifted artist whose lovely paintings accompany the story.

Joann Macdonnell