"Your Pony's Trek Around The World" 1956 BROWN, Paul (SOLD)

BROWN, Paul

[31] pp.

Charles Scribner's Sons

1956

10 1/4" x 8 3/8"

VG/ VG

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Narrated by a pony, with illustrations designed to mimic a careful kid's filling in a b&w drawing with colored pencil.

The pony narrator provides a wealth of information about the history of his family, with many of his cousins and ancestors around the world included.

“Your pony” is a Shetland pony, and he tells how his ancestor, the eohippus, once lived in America.  These millions and millions of years ago the eohippus was not larger than your own house cat or small terrier.  As the years rolled past by the hundreds of thousands, the climate changed and the tiny eohippus had to migrate to other lands in other parts of the world.  Finally the horse as we know it came back to America with the explorers from Spain.

This picture book tells briefly the story of the development of the horse, showing its many changes and variations.  Once again Paul Brown has told a story and drawn fine pictures for all children who love horses.