Reviews for El Caballo de Arena

The average rating for El Caballo de Arena based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-12-20 00:00:00 Scott Feldman A lush illustrations and magical story!! A story which keeps you glued and you wait for another page to turn for another magic. A very beautiful story perfect for toddlers who believe in magic. There was an artist who lived in St Ives, who sometimes made animals in the sand. Mostly he made horses. One fine day he went on the beach, marked out his pitch and started to work. The horse grew. He was galloping horse. Artist worked whole day on his horse, shaping muscles and twisting curl of his mane. He worked until the sun set and went home. The sand horse woke up. He was alive but couldn't move. He heard seagulls, boom and hiss of the sea. The sand horse tried to move but he was fixed in the sand. The sand horse heard the white horse neighing who wanted him to join them. "Come with us." They called. The sea crashed on the shore, flipping spray over the sand horse. A wave broke and flooded the sand horse, drenching his head and mane. The sea sucked and pulled. It was pulling him down the beach, "I am coming!" He cried. A huge wave rolled up the beach. It went hissing back down to the sea, dragging the sand horse with it. He frisked and galloped and swished his tail. They galloped away and next day artist smiled as he knew where his sand horse had gone.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-11-25 00:00:00 Jeremy Disbrow An artist make sand sculptures, mostly of horses and one day goes to the beach to create a sand horse. That evening the horse is alive but realises he cannot move. And yet, the white horses (the crashing waves) can and call out for the sand horse to join them. As the sea takes over the land the sand horse is washed into the sea and becomes a white horse who can gallop across the ocean. The illustrations are lovely and I particular enjoy the images where the sand horse becomes a white horse and the shapes of the waves are shaped as white horses.