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| King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian | 
| Author: Marguerite Henry
Creator: Wesley Dennis
Publisher: Aladdin
Category: Book
List Price: $5.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 40093
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1416927867
EAN: 9781416927860
ASIN: 1416927867
Publication Date: December 26, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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The One True King!!!!!!!! February 28, 1998
I have always been a very "addicted" to horse novels. I read all the horse books in my elementry school and my middle school setting the record for the most books checked out in a single year. So, I have become a "expert" on horse novels, and as horse novels go KING OF THE WIND has taken number one. It has just about everything one could want. A daring stallion and his young master who has to save him from uncertian fates. You'll laugh and cry and yes you'll yell. But you'll be missing out on one of the best horse books of all time if you don't read this one.
Excellent book for kids who love horses September 19, 1997
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
I am now 32 years old, and this book remains vivid in my mind as one of my all-time childhood favorites. The story of the mute stable boy Agba and his travels with 'his' beloved horse Sham exposes young readers to a variety of cultures and stressses the value of faithfulness and loyalty without being at all preachy. Sham, sent as a gift from the Sultan of Morocco to the King of France, is mistreated during the voyage and arrives looking like an old nag instead of the young, well-bred Arab stallion he is. The king's rejection of the horse is the beginning of a new journey as Sham -- with Agba always there to care for him -- passes from one owner to another, eventually becoming "The Godolphin Arabian" one of the three founders of the Thoroughbred bred. This book is worth buying in the hardback form, especially if that means getting Wesley Dennis' gorgeous illustrations in color
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