#The Black Stallion

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The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander

Taran wanted to be a hero, and looking after a pig wasn't exactly heroic, even though Hen Wen was an oracular pig. But the day that Hen Wen vanished, Taran was led into an enchanting and perilous world. With his band of followers, he confronted the Horned King and his terrible Cauldron-Born. These were the forces of evil, and only Hen Wen knew the secret of keeping the kingdom of Prydain safe from them. But who would find her first?

The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White

Louie is very popular. Who wouldn't love a swan who can read, write, and play the trumpet? When Louie goes to camp, he meets a boy named A.G. who doesn't like birds, and since Louie is a bird, that means he doesn't like Louie. When A.G. pulls a dangerous stunt out on the lake, he realizes that Louie is a hero, after all.

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George

Every kid thinks about running away at one point or another; few get farther than the end of the block. Young Sam Gribley gets to the end of the block and keeps going--all the way to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. There he sets up house in a huge hollowed-out tree, with a falcon and a weasel for companions and his wits as his tool for survival. In a spellbinding, touching, funny account, Sam learns to live off the land, and grows up a little in the process. Blizzards, hunters, loneliness, and fear all battle to drive Sam back to city life. But his desire for freedom, independence, and adventure is stronger. No reader will be immune to the compulsion to go right out and start whittling fishhooks and befriending raccoons.

The Black Stallion by Walter Farley

Alec Ramsay is the sole human survivor of a devastating shipwreck. Trapped on a deserted island, Alec finds his only companion is a horse, beautiful, unbroken, and savage . . . a horse whose beauty matches his wild spirit.

The Magisterium by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

All his life, Call has been warned by his father to stay away from magic. To succeed at the Iron Trial and be admitted into the vaunted Magisterium school would bring bad things. But he fails at failing. Only hard work, loyal friends, danger, and a puppy await.

The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine

Twelve-year-old Addie admires her older sister Meryl, who aspires to rid the kingdom of Bamarre of gryphons, specters, and ogres. Addie, on the other hand, is fearful even of spiders and depends on Meryl for courage and protection. Waving her sword Bloodbiter, the older girl declaims in the garden from the heroic epic of Drualt to a thrilled audience of Addie, their governess, and the young sorcerer Rhys.

But when Meryl falls ill with the dreaded Gray Death, Addie must gather her courage and set off alone on a quest to find the cure and save her beloved sister. Addie takes the seven-league boots and magic spyglass left to her by her mother and the enchanted tablecloth and cloak given to her by Rhys - along with a shy declaration of his love. She prevails in encounters with tricky specters (spiders too) and outwits a wickedly personable dragon in adventures touched with romance and a bittersweet ending.

Bunnicula by Deborah and James Howe

Before it's too late, Harold the dog and Chester the cat must find out the truth about the newest pet in the Monroe household -- a suspicious-looking bunny with unusual habits... and fangs!

Beka Cooper by Tamora Pierce

Beka Cooper is a rookie with the law-enforcing Provost's Guard, commonly known as "the Provost's Dogs," in Corus, the capital city of Tortall. To the surprise of both the veteran "Dogs" and her fellow "puppies," Beka requests duty in the Lower City. The Lower City is a tough beat. But it's also where Beka was born, and she's comfortable there.

Beka gets her wish. She's assigned to work with Mattes and Clary, famed veterans among the Provost's Dogs. They're tough, they're capable, and they're none too happy about the indignity of being saddled with a puppy for the first time in years. What they don't know is that Beka has something unique to offer. Never much of a talker, Beka is a good listener. So good, in fact, that she hears things that Mattes and Clary never could - information that is passed in murmurs when flocks of pigeons gather ... murmurs that are the words of the dead.

In this way, Beka learns of someone in the Lower City who has overturned the power structure of the underworld and is terrorizing its citizens into submission and silence. Beka's magical listening talent is the only way for the Provost's Dogs to find out the identity of this brutal new underlord, for the dead are beyond fear. And the ranks of the dead will be growing if the Dogs can't stop a crime wave the likes of which has never been seen. Luckily for the people of the Lower City, the new puppy is a true terrier!

Fairest by Gail Carson Levine

In the kingdom of Ayortha, who is the fairest of them all? Certainly not Aza. She is thoroughly convinced that she is ugly. What she may lack in looks, though, she makes up for with a kind heart, and with something no one else has-a magical voice. Her vocal talents captivate all who hear them, and in Ontio Castle they attract the attention of a handsome prince - and a dangerous new queen.

Trickster's Duology by Tamora Pierce

Alianne is the teenage daughter of the famed Alanna, the first lady knight in Tortall. Young Aly follows in the quieter footsteps of her father, however, delighting in the art of spying. When she is captured and sold as a slave to an exiled royal family in the faraway Copper Islands, it is this skill that makes a difference in a world filled with political intrigue, murderous conspiracy, and warring gods.

[badela]

The Black Stallion (1979)

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Director: Carroll Ballard

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Cinematography: Caleb Deschanel

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[stinkybrowndogs]

I am enjoying making bookmark designs 🐎

[virtie333]

I was tagged by @ophelialoveshandsomemen and challenged to post gifs of my 10 favorite movies. So, here goes!

Tagging @jewelsrulz, @diplomaticprincess, @phoenix-rising-starbird-one, and @lunar-ghoulie

[rayless-reblogs]

Thank you for the tag, @iffylogic!

Rules: Write down your 5 fave movies and let others decide your vibe!

[casp1an-sea]

Childhood Memories

WARNING: this is kind of depressing as it talks about good memories that I miss so if you’re in a bad mood, don’t read it.

Did anyone else have their parents read novels to them when they were little?

I was probably about five when it started. I remember almost every night crowded around the couch in the living room before we went to bed My mom would sit down and read us a chapter from one of the chronicles of Narnia books. Then once we finish that book it would be my dad’s turn, and he would start reading us one of the Wizard of Oz books or something from the Black stallion series. We always beg them for a chapter more and we’d end up staying up really late. But that was OK.

then in the car to school or gymnastics, or while our mom was running errands, she would play audiobooks of magic treehouse, boxcar children, Geronimo Stilton, or the series of unfortunate events (which we did eventually finish). You know back when cars have cd players.

there were those two times where my dad read us the hobbit and the wind in the willows and we were really bored, but we let him read it. And then he’d bring books back from Australia on his work trips and read them to us in an Australian accent that we teas him for.

and then it just stopped. I don’t remember a reason for it stopping. It started with the end of novel reading at night, and then it ended with the audiobook of the phantom tollbooth. I don’t even remember when it was that it ended but it did. We only got about halfway through the black stallion series, we never read the last two books of Wizard of Oz, or the last one and a half books of chronicles of Narnia. We wanted to read them, but we still never did.

At one point we tried to start reading again when my mom decided to read us some of her childhood Trixie Belden books. But we read a few, and it never stuck, eventually fading away because it didn’t feel the same as it did when I couldn’t read those big words for myself.

I feel like I can never get the small joy back. I remember fondly, but I also miss it. These are the kind of things that I want to keep from my childhood.

[brose1229]

Day 16: The Black Stallion

Neighvember by Sierraklewis

[dignityofadog]

my dad found a bag from across the street w the black stallion series?? theyre 80s copies

[marinah2oblue]

The Black Stallion

[zeestarrr]

since y’all luv me so much 💋

[somelonelywordmonger]

I returned to my childhood (and the age of my horse girl, although it never truly left) with the film The Black Stallion Returns. Except instead of watching it on VHS as I did growing up, I watched it through Prime Video. Perhaps tomorrow, I shall indulge in nostalgic joy once more and watch the first film, The Black Stallion. The joy I felt as the memories of little details my autistic kid brain focused on in the film resurfaced is something I cannot describe. As a lonely kid, I always wanted the companionship that Black (Shêtân) offered Alec. And now that I am older, I think the books by Walter Farley that inspired the films should be added to my wishlist of books, and eventually my shelf. I should expand this old love.

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[kingbryancroidragon]

Ten years and a new account later, I still see a resemblance between Tobey Maguire and Cass Ole.

[hsc285]

The Fellowship of Fantasy

Today, I was made to feel bad about the fact that I wasn’t adult enough, by a dear, old friend, who is a mentor to me, as well. On the whole, it began with his trip to New Zealand and how he visited all those places that I would love to have seen: Hobbiton, Matamata, the Old Mill, Bag End, SamWise Gamgee’s hobbit home, with the yellow door, Weta Works, etc. Of course, he visited all those places…

[sathya-kalburgi]

Black Stallion 🌊🐎