What Readers Say About Sonrise Stable Books

A young girl with braces smiling and holding several books about horses and riding outdoors on a wooden deck.
A handwritten note and a child's drawing of a horse. The note is from Naomi, expressing her love for sunrise stables, the character Rosie, and the horse Tzzzie. The drawing depicts a horse with a person named Rosie riding it, labeled with Rosie and S
A handwritten letter describing a person recovering from surgery, mentioning watching a series about horses, and stating their age as 12.
A young donkey standing in a farmyard next to a person holding an open book with horse images and information, with a person in the background and farm fencing.
A handwritten letter on lined notebook paper, addressed to Mrs. Vicky Woolson, expressing enjoyment of a series, love for horses, and gratitude for writing the series.
Child's drawing of a boy with a hat and a yellow shirt, standing on a farm-like setting with a pig nearby, and a handwritten letter to Mrs. Watson praising her books.
Child's handwritten letter and drawing of a horse. The letter is from Naomi, expressing her love for the book series "Sunrise Stable" and her favorite character, Rosie, depicted as a horse with a saddle. The drawing shows a horse with a rider, labele
A handwritten letter on lined paper with a drawing of two horses touching noses below the text. The letter expresses happiness about receiving a Christmas gift, a book about horses, and ends with love from Abigail, along with a note about a Philiippi

  • "You and Marguerite Henry are her favorite authors. I was just corrected, by the way. My daughter, who is 9, says your books are better than Ms. Henry’s."

  • I absolutely LOVE this series! It has so many things I love threaded throughout these books!! (i.e. horses, homeschooling, adoption, family, and God- literally what’s not to love?!)

  • When this book came in the mail, my girls grabbed it and insisted they both got to read it before I could. As MiniMe finished the last page, and closed the book, her first words were "we HAVE to get book 3!!!" Sassy agreed. When I finally got to read it, I could see why they had enjoyed this book so much, and I'm thrilled that they are so thoroughly enjoying a series of books about other Christian, homeschooled children.

  • Although Rosie and Scamper is a children's book, it is a wonderful story for all ages of horse lovers. I especially enjoyed the family values and Scripture passages and examples included in the story - it was such a delight to find the Gospel clearly presented during the course of the story.

  • Watson does a good job of tying in spiritual truths with the things the girls learn about horses. I also liked that Rosie is a Christian and Carrie is not. Rosie uses opportunities to show God’s love to Carrie and to share her faith, giving readers a chance to see how it can be done in a natural way.

  • Warm. Authentic. Wholesome. Christian. And, very horsey!

—A grandmother's review

I have read many juvenile children’s “Christian” fiction books over the years. Most of them simply teach a good character trait or two with the words “God,” “Jesus,” or “pray” thrown in for good measure. A few are Biblically sound, but the message the children absorb is that when you pray and ask God to do something, it always turns out the way you want. Once the children begin to understand our fallen world, they realize things don’t always turn out that way. Will they now believe God has failed them?

Vicki Watson’s Sonrise Stable books are different. She allows unfortunate things to happen in her stories. However, she uses those situations as an opportunity to teach Biblical principles and doctrine. I so appreciated Clothed with Thunder. This book addresses evolution. The girls do a great deal of research to prepare a presentation for their 4-H group against this teaching. (A girl had presented a pro-evolution speech at a previous meeting.)

In most juvenile “Christian” books, all the kids would have rushed up to them at the conclusion of their presentation thanking them and telling them they now understand that evolution is a false teaching. Not so in Watson’s book. Her book takes a realistic approach that will not only prepare the children when they are in similar situations but strengthen them by teaching them Scripturally sound lessons from the Bible.