In the southern hemisphere, the Horses’ Birthday is celebrated by nearly all breeds on the first day of August. The reason for the selection of the first day of August in the southern hemisphere, as opposed to say the first day of January, May or November is that historically, the weather at the commencement of September is just beginning to warm up, prompting mares to commence their oestrus cycle, or ‘come into season’.
A mare’s oestrus cycle is stimulated by the presence of extended daylight, nature intending that foals be born eleven months later through spring and summer when feed is plentiful so that mares can produce good supplies of nutritious milk. Therefore, mares successfully bred early in September will produce foals in early August.
Stories about horses are always popular in the library. We even have a few students who go horeseriding. I have written about horse books before, but we have added new books to the library since then. For what there is see here.
These are some:
• Horses Wild and Tame by Iris Volant
• Gallop! 100 facts About Horses by Kitson Jazynka
• So She Did: The Story of May Wirth by Simi Genziuk & Renee Treml
• Clare and her Captain by Michael Morpurgo
• The Painted Ponies by Alison Lester
• Wandering Star by Natalie Jane Prior & Stephen Michael King
• Lucy and Copper by Mandy Foot
and if you are looking for fun short novels, these two series are worth a look:
Fables From the Stables by Gavin Puckett and You Freeman (5 books)
• Colin the Cart Horse
• Hendrix the Rocking Horse
• Murray the Race Horse
• Hayley the Hairy Horse
• Poppy the Police Horse
A Roly-Poly Flying Pony Adventure by Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre
• The Legend of Kevin
• Kevin's Great Escape
• Kevin and the Biscuit Bandit
• Kevin vs the Unicorns
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