Coal Dust and Dreams: The Story of a Girl and Her Pit Pony in the Coal Mines of Wales (Horses in History) Sandy Howell

Coal Dust and Dreams: The Story of a Girl and Her Pit Pony in the Coal Mines of Wales (Horses in History) Sandy HowellAuthor: M. J. Evans Reading age : 10 18 years Winner of 2025 Feathered Quill Taborton Equine Books Award for Best Equine Book Imagine living in a mine 2,000 feet underground, in the damp and the dark, and filled with rats! Young Bethan is living a peaceful life in a coal mining town in South Wales. But her world crumbles when her father is badly injured after a section of the mine collapses. Setting her dreams aside for the time being, Bethan must

on and off a horse

Author: Molly Kolpin &  Donna Bratton

has survived

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and rhythmic dance

training & riding the hunter-type horse

becoming the foundation of the American mustang

and eventually teaching it to others

and eventing and how they "got good" despite the same kinds of challenges and setbacks you face in your own day-to-day riding

Home is where the horses are

✅ Riders that are excited to fill in the blank pages

and kindness in all our relationships