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Meindert DeJong
Meindert DeJong (1906-1991) was born in Holland, but emigrated to America with his family in 1914 when he was 8. He wrote 27 books for children, many of which were inspired by his childhood memories of Holland. He started to write after a local librarian steered him in that direction: he had already, in Post-Depression America, done an amazing variety of jobs, having been a grave-digger, college professor, mason, tin smith, bricklayer and church sexton. His books won numerous prices, including the Newbery Medal in 1955 for The Wheel on the School .
He wrote one book which could be defined as a horse book: A Horse Came Running. It draws you into its drama straightaway as a tornado hits and a father and daughter survive by sheltering in a stable as their house is torn off its moorings and whipped, splintering, away in the tornado. I found this book completely absorbing: the change in moments from a predictable world to one that is anything but is conveyed very powerfully.
Finding the book: is easy to find and not expensive in all its printings.
Sources:
Wikipedia on Meindert DeJong
Bookrags on Meindert DeJong
The New Netherland Institute
He wrote one book which could be defined as a horse book: A Horse Came Running. It draws you into its drama straightaway as a tornado hits and a father and daughter survive by sheltering in a stable as their house is torn off its moorings and whipped, splintering, away in the tornado. I found this book completely absorbing: the change in moments from a predictable world to one that is anything but is conveyed very powerfully.
Finding the book: is easy to find and not expensive in all its printings.
Sources:
Wikipedia on Meindert DeJong
Bookrags on Meindert DeJong
The New Netherland Institute
A Horse Came Running
The Macmillan Company, New York,, 1970, illus Paul Sagsoorian, 147 pp.
Lutterworth Press, London, 1970, 147 pp.
Murray, London, 1989, 128 pp.
A tornado hits Mark’s home. He wakes up in the cellar having no idea if his parents
are still alive, but knowing
just that he must find his old horse Colonel. However,
Colonel is not the only one in trouble: his neighbours
and a young horse with a
cut leg also need help.
Bibiography - horse books only
