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Whoop for Joy A Christmas Wish

By Jane Briggs-Bunting, Illustrated by Jon Buechel

Whoop is the story of a young girl uprooted from her friends when her father is transferred to another state. She copes with feelings of loneliness and pending sibling rivalry through her unexpected friendship with the horse next door, a retired race horse named Whoop for Joy. When Whoop develops a life threatening ailment, the little girl learns the true meaning of sibling life.

The story is, in part, a fictionalized account of the real Whoop's battle with a hoof disease known as founder and horse person's lore that all animals can talk at midnight on Christmas Eve.

This 32 page, hard cover book with nine original, full color illustrations sold more than 2,500 copies in less than four weeks when it galloped into southeastern Michigan stores in Fall, 1995.

(To order, click Whoop for Joy, the book cover on this page, or on Visitor's navigation bars at top and bottom of page.)

Reviewers' Comments

"...a delightful little story about a lonely farm girl and a magical night....Briggs-Bunting charmingly catches the way children think and view the world..." --The Saginaw News

 

"...as Briggs-Bunting does so perfectly for her readers, there's just the right touch of adventure....The books are further enhanced by Detroit's beloved Jon Buechel, who was a fashion illustrator at the Detroit Free Press." --The Oakland Press

 

"...a hauntingly touching...story...beautifully illustrated with nine original, whimsical color drawings..."--The Oxford Leader

Readers' Comments

"...two thumbs up..." --fourth graders at Daniel Axford Elementary School, Oxford, Michigan

 

"...It was funny and sad. I felt like I was there..." --George Hairston III, 9, Pontiac, Michigan

 

"...I like it...I really liked it..."--Sandy J. Graham, 13, Rochester, Michigan

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Pricing:
Copies can be autographed and personalized by the author. Single copies are $13.95 plus $4.50 for shipping and handling.

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