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Posted: Oct 15 2008 at 10:01am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
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Calico, the Wonder Horse, or the Saga of Stewy Stinker by Virginia Lee Burton

This book is new to us. We were reading all of Virginia Lee Burton's books last month and this one was the favorite of the bunch. The Little House we own and love dearly, but this book captured my son's imagination. He loved the exciting tales, the detailed pictures done in cartoon form, frame-by-frame. The names of the villains he loves to hear rolling off his tongue.

Even though my 5 year old is too young to understand the implied references and humor based on previous movies and comic strips, the book isn't over his head. We have renewed it the maximum number of times, read it 3 nights out of every week, and he has it practically memorized (corrects me if I muddle the words).

Don't be "put off" by the black and white illustrations. It's a grand book and we highly recommend it.

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Posted: Oct 15 2008 at 10:54am | IP Logged Quote Jen L.
We LOVE Calico!!

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Posted: Oct 15 2008 at 11:40am | IP Logged Quote MaryM
And the illustrations are one of my favorite parts.

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Posted: Oct 15 2008 at 11:48am | IP Logged Quote JennGM
MaryM wrote:
And the illustrations are one of my favorite parts.


Ours, too. Did I make it sound like they weren't? I think we're color blind here, because b/w illustrations are really popular in this house.

The detail in these pictures are so great. She's so consistent in her characters that each page we can pick out the characters (by the shirt patterns, etc.). I love the bowlegge cowboys and the expresssion on Calico's face.

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Just wanted to let you know that there's a giveaway going on right now for a used copy of Calico the Wonder Horse on Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves!

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Posted: Oct 15 2008 at 3:01pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM
Jenn, I could tell you liked the illustrations - I was just commenting on that being my favorite part of the book.

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We love this book too! We own a very used copy of it

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