Lighting up every page, expressive gouache paintings feature rounded forms and rich colors that glow brilliantly against backdrops of white snow and blue/gray skies. From the Bramble and Maggie series, here's a beautifully crafted book for beginning readers.--Booklist (starred review)

Jessie Haas has always loved horses and has written more than thirty books, most of them about horses, including the first three books about Bramble and Maggie. Jessie Haas lives in Vermont with her husband, writer Michael J. Daley; her two horses; two cats; a dog; and a hen. Alison Friend is the illustrator of several children's books, including Scrawny Cat, What Color Is Caesar?, and the Bramble and Maggie stories. She also illustrates and designs greeting cards. Alison Friend lives in South Yorkshire, England.