One thing I am not too sure that I like is the dialogue in dialect.

There are some instances of tobacco use and some euphemisms.

Rather, it is just plain enjoyment reading. There is nothing flagrantly unwholesome and ungodly about the book (perhaps the irreligious hero is Grandpa), but at the same time the book does not seem to be calculated to endorse and encourage good morals. Morals, however, are not emphasized.” I would concur with this assessment.

Morals generally good (though one hero is irreligious). Our older son Mark did not seem to care for it that much (after Lord of the Rings, it is a bit tame then again, Mark often said that he did not like anything that we ASKED him to read).ĭave Pratte noted in his Family Reading Booklist, “Wholesome and interesting. They did not happen in just the order they are recorded, but they all happened at one time or another on the little island of Chincoteague.” And the book is dedicated to, among others, “Paul and Maureen Beebe, Grandpa and Grandma Beebe…all of whom really live on Chincoteague Island and who appear as characters in this book.” So there is some good information about history, geography, and horses in the book. In fact, a note says, “All the incidents in this story are real. There is a lot of factual information in the book. Paul and Maureen Beebe of Assateague Island, who help their grandparents raise ponies to sell, purchase the Phantom, a wild pony from nearby Chincoteague Island, with her foal which they name Misty. The Misty books had been recommended by several. Misty of Chincoteague was a Newbery Honor Book (which means that it was nominated for a Newbery Award but did not win).

Henry wrote other books about horses too. I have actually seen some seven or eight books in the entire series that carries on with Misty’s other descendants, and Mrs. Several years ago we purchased the “Misty Boxed Set” from Scholastic, Inc., which has four books about Misty and some of her descendants (the other three are Stormy, Misty’s Foal Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague and Misty’s Twilight). Misty of Chincoteague (copyrighted in 1947 by Rand McNally & Co., 866 Third Ave., New York City, NY 10022 republished by Scholastic, Inc., 730 Broadway, New York City, NY 10003). Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, reissued in 2006įor more information e-mail Marguerite.

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