Florence Hayes

Florence Hayes (1895- ) wrote several children’s books, some of which have an Indian theme.  As far as I know, she wrote two horse b ooks.

Finding the books:  both titles are reasonably easy to find.  Neither had a UK publication.
 

Links and Sources:
Terri A. Wear:  Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibilography, Scarecrow Press, 1987

Bibliography - horse books only

The Burro Tamer

Random House, New York, 1946, illus Manning de V. Lee, 209 pp.

“Ricardo tries very hard to tame the wild little burro he rescues from the quicksand so that he can sell burro rides
and ride in the parade at the fiesta.”

Chee and His Pony, the Story of a Navajo Boy

Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1950, illus William Moyers, 262 pp.

“Chee ends his second year at the Navaho school and eagerly awaits the pony his grandfather promised him,
but he learns that his grandfather doesn’t even have enough money to replace his own two old work horses.”