Jessie Haas
Award-winning Children's Author
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"...hits all the right notes." Kirkus "The narrative voice in this early chapter book is superb—direct, succinct, and easy to read for younger horse lovers, but slyly slanted conceptually to encompass both horse and human perspectives." The Horn Book "...will instantly find an audience." Library Media Connection "...expressive, colorful gouache artwork on every page." SLJ "An engaging horse story for young chapter-book readers and a good read-aloud choice as well." Booklist Bramble is bored with giving riding lessons. When she goes on strike, Mrs. Blenkinsop decides she needs a person of her own. Good idea--but not just any person. Bramble knows she'll have to be picky. When horse-crazy Maggie meets Bramble, she isn't picky at all. "Bramble is the horse for me," she says. But can Maggie live up to Bramble's high standards? Can Maggie reassure Bramble about the strange new creatures in a suburban back yard? An easy chapter book, with full-color illustrations by Alison Friend. (Candlewick, 2012, 52 pgs.) And check out my husband's great new easy reader, PINCH AND DASH MAKE SOUP. There's more! Scroll down. michaeljdaley.com
author of PINCH AND DASH MAKE SOUP 
CHICO'S CHALLENGE will be available in hardcover and paperback, and a Breyer model of Chico will be for sale. Coming in June. 
A BIG BOX OF CANDY FOR HORSE-LOVERS
2009 American Horse Publications Award How horse-crazy are you? Would you crochet a saddle blanket? Knit a curry comb? Do you like to draw horses, read horse books, watch horse movies, and of course, ride ride ride? HORSE CRAZY is for you. Over 400 pages of facts and fun, with pictures on nearly every page. Welcome to my website. If you like horses or reading--or both!--you should be happy here. I've written horse books for all ages; historical novels; contemporary novels; nonfiction; poetry. I was first published in 1982. Maybe you grew up on books like KEEPING BARNEY. Maybe you're starting to raise or teach another generation of horse lovers. If so, I'd love to hear from you.
Or maybe you're teaching beginning readers. If so, I hope you'll look at the pony series--RUNAWAY RADISH, BIRTHDAY PONY, JIGSAW PONY. They're winning awards for transitional fiction, and best of all, stories are coming back to me. "This was the first chapter book my child read from start to finish." Or the librarian who told me of the fourth-grade boy who came to her one day, hugging RADISH. "I never thought I could learn to love to read," he said, "and then I found my Radish." We both had tears in our eyes, in the middle of the grocery store. If you want to quiet a room full of kids, read aloud the first chapter of FIRE! or CHASE, and hear them start to hold their breath (the ultimate thrill for an author). If you don't want to cry in public, DON'T read the second chapter of UNBROKEN. If you want a liesurely canter through the byways of history, read HOOFPRINTS. If you want to handle horses so you don't hurt them and they don't hurt you, read SAFE HORSE, SAFE RIDER. And then get in touch. I'd love to hear what you think. Published in 2011 from The History Press REVOLUTIONARY WESTMINSTER: FROM MASSACRE TO STATEHOOD Coming In 2012 from Candlewick BRAMBLE AND MAGGIE An Easy Chapter Book in Candlewick's award-winning Sparks series also: CHICO'S CHALLENGE a novel with accompanying horse model from Breyer and Feiwel & Friends TOWNSHIP NUMBER ONE: WESTMINSTER, VERMONT for the Westminster Historical Society published by The History Press 
Georgia Children's Book Award Master List 2010
"...a thrilling ride."
New York Times Book Review A Junior Library Guild Premier Selection Kliatt (starred review)says, "(Haas) really outdoes herself with this one. Scary and challenging...This is fine historical fiction, with suspense on every page and a courageous young man who is quite a hero. ALA Booklist says, "Haas writes gracefully and evocatively of boy, horse, and desperate men...a thrilling tale with many opportunities for discussion. SLJ says, "...the story moves at the same fast pace as the horse and unknown rider...Dialogue and characterization are tops here." Kirkus says, "...the action and nuanced writing carry the reader pell-mell to a wholly believable end. Haas's best yet for older readers." Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award Master List (Vermont) New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award Master List Georgia Children's Book Award Master List |
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