Horses

Pit Pony

By: Joyce Barkhouse (CA), Janet Barkhouse (CA)

Pit Pony brought to life in picture book format for the younger… Read More

Slowpoke the Bell Island Mine Horse

By: Heather Smith (CA)

A heartwarming picture book about an iron ore – mine horse and a timid young miner in Bell Island, Newfoundland, from award-winning author of Mr. Hirota’s Garden and The Agony of Bun… Read More

Spirit of Summerwood

By: Vivien Gorham (CA)

A stand-alone follow-up to award-winning middle grade novel Touch of Gold, set at a horse camp with a mysterious past, featuring themes of allyship, friendship, and… Read More

TOGO’ to the rescue – a Halifax Explosion Story

By: Laura King (CA)

TOGO to the Rescue: a Halifax Explosion story (for elementary school age children) This is a story of TOGO, a grocery delivery horse and his owner (Uncle Arthur) in Halifax,… Read More

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for this project, as well as the Province of New Brunswick’s Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture, the Province of Newfoundland’s Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, and Recreation, the Province of Nova Scotia’s Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage, and the Province of Prince Edward Island’s Innovation PEI Arts, Culture, and Heritage Department