Author
Marguerite Henry
3 award wins, 3 nominations across 5 books.
Marguerite Henry was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the youngest of the five children. At age 6 she became sick with rheumatic fever and remained bedridden for six years, unable to attend school. She spent her days reading and writing. Her first story was published when she was 11 years old. After highschool she attended Milwaukee State Teachers College. In 1923, she married. She and her husband lived in Wayne, Illinois.
Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio
237 pages
A story, based on real events, about a boy and a half-Arabian mare who enter the Palio, an annual race in Siena, Italy, with all the pageantry of a medieval contest.
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King of the Wind
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Misty of Chincoteague
173 pages
Nobody could capture the Phantom. She was the wildest mare on Assateague Island. They said she was like the wind, that the white "map" on her shoulders was her mark of freedom. Paul and Maureen Beebe had their hearts set on owning her. They were itching to buy and tame her, and worked hard to earn the money she would cost. But the roundup men had tried to capture her and for two years she had escaped them. Pony Penning Day holds a surprise for everyone, for Paul not only brings in the Phantom, but her newborn colt as well.
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Sea Star, Orphan of Chincoteague
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White Stallion of Lipizza
116 pages
A young boy named Hans dreams of one day working with the famed stallions of Lipizza. But coming from a family of bakers, Hans is discouraged from ever becoming a rider. That is, until the day he is invited to watch the extraordinary Ballet of Lipizzaners—from the Imperial Box!—and his life is changed forever.
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