If you had a horse Book

Margaret Hodges engagingly retells nine stories about noted horses: the Persian prince's Ebony Horse, with whom he rescues the captive princess, from The Arabian Nights; Apollo's thundering steeds, ineptly driven by the Greek Phaeton; the nag that leads Finn MacCool and his fellow Celts to adventure in Land-Under-Wave; the tales of Dapplegrim and of the horse who confounded the gods by building a wall; the Grimm's' Falada, only consolation of the bereft Goosegirl; Rustem's mighty Raksh, from the Persian epic Shah Namah; Pecos Bill's faithful companion whose mean temper toward others earned him the name Widow-Maker; and the magical Black Horse of Scottish myth. This marvelously varied collection draws on the world's rich heritage of myth, legend, and folklore.