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Old Thunder and Miss Raney

"Raney, dear, not everyone can be a winner", says Beatrice Clover when Miss Raney and her plodding old horse, Thunder, once again fail to take a single prize at the Washita County Fair. This year, Raney is determined to present those judges with the finest stack of biscuits they'd ever hope to taste. She's certain she'll finally be a winner.Even when Raney's biscuits burn, her flour bin is empty, and her neighbors make fun of Old Thunder's slow gait; even when a tornado whirls her and her newly purchased bag of biscuit flour right off the ground — no matter what, this determined heroine refuses to give up.

But sometimes help comes from unexpected places. When Raney loses yet again in the biscuit category, it's her ever-faithful friend, Old Thunder, his hooves light as wind-sifted flour, who carries them both to victory when he wins the plowhorse race and Miss Raney wins a blue ribbon for...best horse feed!

Told in a folksy, down-home voice and illustrated in lively, engaging watercolors, this spirited tale just goes to show that with a little luck, a lot of pluck, and a good friend, dreams can come true.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 32
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780789426192
  • Genres
  • childrens
  • Release date
  • 2000