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How to Love a Pony (Beginner Books series)
Michelle Meadows
Illustrator: Sawyer Cloud
Ages: 6+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Beginner Books/Random House/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-48316-9
Keywords: Beginning reader, horses, farms, seasons
In gentle rhymes, a young Black girl tells how she cares for her pony on the family farm. Full-color illustrations show the changing seasons.