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    The Horse of Her Own
    The Horse of Her Own
    The Horse of Her Own
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    The Horse of Her Own

    By Shirley Curtis

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    Deanna wants a horse and has been working and saving for years so that she can get just the right horse. The family is going to the Iowa State Fair and Deanna is going to go through the horse barns to find just the right kind of horse. After going down the giant slide and hurting her knee badly, Deanna's dream of having the horse of her own look

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherExpresso Publishing
    Release dateJan 17, 2024
    ISBN9798890901941
    The Horse of Her Own
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    Shirley Curtis

    Shirley Curtis was born and raised on the family farm in Iowa. Three things were always available on the farm: horses, books, and horse-loving sisters. Shirley read in bed, in trees, the barn, on the school bus, or on the hay wagon. Shirley once sent a writing test to a school that accepted her, until they found out she was twelve! The suggestion was made to wait until she was older. That success lit a spark that she could be a writer one day.Shirley is a three time graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature. This, her life experiences with horses and her own horse whisperer made writing "The Horse of Her Own" a necessity. It just had to come out. Ironically, Shirley received the Peruvian Horse of her own for an anniversary present after she wrote the book. And, again ironically, he was the same color as her fictional horse.Shirley still lives in Iowa, but enjoyed 2 1/2 years living in Peru, South America and meeting and riding Peruvian Peruvian Paso's. She very much misses the many friends she had to leave there.Shirley is very proud of her family: husband Larry, daughter Melanie, son James and his wife Jovanna, daughter Tessa and husband Mike, and their two adorable sons.

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