Reviews for A Field Full of Horses with Audio, Peggable: Read, Listen, and Wonder

The average rating for A Field Full of Horses with Audio, Peggable: Read, Listen, and Wonder based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-11-07 00:00:00 William Cook This is a fantastic narrative non-fiction book for KS1/Lower KS2 children who love horses! The illustrations are so beautiful and intricate, and really show the feelings and personalities of the horses. There are also plenty of literary techniques to discuss and learn from in this book, such as the effect of using exciting vocabulary (stamps, champing sound, toss, flared). Children can learn the effects of alliteration (sudden shiver), expanded noun phrases (winding lane, tangled willows, dusty wallow etc) and punctuation such as ellipsis. Hansard teaches children the effect of using the 5 senses when describing characters on pg 18-19. He also asks the reader questions about their opinions, drawing them in. Alongside these literary effects, children learn about horse behavior and how to look after them. There is an index at the back. I would definitely use this book with a class to teach them the features of narrative non-fiction texts, and the literary features described above. I would also recommend this book to anyone fond of horses/farm animals to aid reading for pleasure and purpose.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-01-01 00:00:00 Johnny Jacques Something about the illustrations in this book felt very British to me from the start, so I did have to look up the illustrator and was not surprised to find he was British. Still the illustrations are well done and I really like them, enough to be considering buying the book (I do love horses). I also liked the way the book was written, simple over all with a child's observations of a field of horses and how they feel about horses, and written so that the reader is drawn in to the book. However, it also contains horse facts on some of the pages, written in a different font from the rest of the story. Well done over all and a great early horse book for young horse lovers.