A pony named Peanut

Format:

Book

Title:

A pony named Peanut

Author:

McKay, Sindy.

ISBN:

9781601150158

9781601150165

Publication Information:

San Anselmo, Calif. : Treasure Bay Inc., 2008.

Physical Description:

40 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Series title(s):

We both read.

General Note:

"Take turns reading!"--Cover

Summary:

Jessica's mother has sent her to spend the summer with her aunt and uncle in the country. At first she hates the country, but then she meets a special pony that has been rescued from an animal shelter.

Subject(s):

Ponies -- Fiction.

Farms -- Fiction.

Genre:

High interest-low vocabulary books.

Fiction.

Readers (Elementary)

Added Author:

Johnson, Meredith.

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Silver Falls Library	JER MCKAY	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Monmouth Public Library	E M (GREEN)	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Mount Angel Public Library	ER McKAY	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Jessica was not exactly happy about having to spend part of her summer in the country with her aunt and uncle, until she met a pony named Peanut.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 2-Mark asks to stay up for just five minutes more. Mom acquiesces, but when the time is up, he still isn't tired. The excuses he gives as he begs for extra time get more and more fantastical: five minutes to say goodnight to his pets, five to knit a scarf for his giraffe, five to go to the moon and tuck it in for the night. The boy finally falls asleep and when his alarm goes off the next morning, he's looking for "just five more minutes" sleep. In the second book, city girl Jessica goes to visit her aunt and uncle in Texas. She's afraid of horses until she meets a shy pony named Peanut. The horse and girl bond as each helps the other overcome a fear of trying new things. Both stories are part of a series in which the lengthier text is placed on the left-hand pages for adults to read and the simpler text, intended for a child, is on the right. The degree of difficulty on the child's pages is just right for the target audience-Five Minutes is level one and Pony is level two. Both books have colorful, if undistinguished, illustrations and are good additions to easy-reader shelves.-Kelly Roth, Bartow County Public Library, Cartersville, GA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.