Maestoso Petra / Jane Kendall ; illustrated by Ruth Sanderson.
Material type:
TextSeries: Horse diaries ; #4.Publication details: New York : Random House, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 139 p. : ill. ; 18 cmISBN: - 0375858423 (trade)
- 0375958428 (lib. bdg.)
- 9780375858420 (trade)
- 9780375958427 (lib. bdg.)
- Spanische Reitschule (Vienna, Austria) -- Juvenile fiction
- Spanish Riding School (Vienna, Austria) -- Juvenile fiction
- Horsemanship -- Juvenile fiction
- Horses -- Juvenile fiction
- Lipizzaner horse -- Juvenile fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Austria -- Juvenile fiction
- Austria -- History -- 1938-1945 -- Juvenile fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Fiction | Horse di Kendall | 4 | Available | 33111005360918 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Vienna, Austria, 1938
Maestoso Petra is a world-famous Lipizzaner stallion. He has spent years in the Spanish Riding School, training to perform the complex airs above the ground that only Lipizzaner can accomplish. But when World War II breaks out in Europe, he learns to think less about performing and more about survival. Here is Maestoso Petra's story . . . in his own words.
Includes bibliographical references.
Maestoso Petra, a Lipizzaner stallion, trains to perform in the Spanish Riding School and is hidden away during the German occupation of Austria in World War II. Includes facts about Lipizzaner horses and the world-famous Spanish Riding School.