The Winnie the Early Years series is set a few years earlier than Winnie the Horse Gentler.

In this last book of the series, I hoped to see improvement in Winnie’s attitudes and relationships with her family. Mackall kept me hanging until almost the end of the book.

Winnie’s difficulties working with the foal in this book are puzzling, since she was portrayed in the first book as able to tame a wild horse in a week.

While answering emails at the pet store, Winnie reads one stating that she needs to run straight home to her pasture. EMERGENCY!

I liked this book the best of the series so far, with three more to go. Parents should be aware the main topic is divorce.

This book has the least horse content of the first four. A lot of the story revolves around Winnie thinking her dad and sister don’t care about their mother anymore…

Bold Beauty has a few unfavorable reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. Winnie participates in a debate about abortion in her 7th grade class.

Within a week, Winnie transforms Eager Star into a competent barrel racer, and the previously rough rider, Grant, into a compassionate horseman.

Am I the only person that doesn’t like the Winnie the Horse Gentler series?

I don't claim to be an expert on all books, but I have significant experience with horses and children's horse books.

A Christian worldview and foundation underlies everything Anna Sewell wrote and was her motivation for writing Black Beauty.

I really wanted to like this series. I love the concept—horse stories set in different areas of the world and in different time frames.

This book was written in 1947. For more than 75 years, it's remained one of the most popular children's horse books.

I missed reading this one when I was a horse-crazy kid. I can't believe people rave about this as a good horse book for children.

Ginny wants a pony of her own. Her parents have agreed to allow her to lease one for the summer.

There's not much of a storyline. As a result, I found Winter Pony fairly boring.

Nearly everything horse-related in the book is stretched to the point of unbelievability.

I'm sure it's presumptuous for me to criticize a book by a Pulitzer Prize winning author—Geraldine Brooks, but here I go.

Mrs. Mack - I really wanted to like this book, but somehow I just couldn't.

Great example for young girls - sneak off repeatedly to the property of a violent man and work with a dangerous horse!