
Lucy Thorn, Author
Zoe Keller, Illustrator
Imprint: Hodder Children's Books
Publication date: June 25, 2026
Category: Practical interests (Children's / Teenage)
ISBN: 9781444981247
Horses are some of the best-loved animals, with their huge variety of colours and markings, their incredible displays of strength of speed, and their gentle nature.
Saddle up and jump into this guide to the majestic horse. From information about specific breeds like Shires and Appaloosas to Warmbloods and Shetland ponies, to facts about how horses behave and their physiology, this is the perfect book to get horse-loving kids whinnying “Yee haw!”
Zoe Keller is a nature artist and illustrator from Woodstock, New York. Her meticulously detailed graphite and digital drawings explore biodiversity and wild places. After graduating from the Maryland Institute College of Art, Keller made homes and studios in Minneapolis, Philadelphia, on the rocky Maine coast, in West Michigan’s farm country and Eastern Oregon’s Wallowa Mountains before finally returning to her hometown.