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Horse Diaries #4: Maestoso Petra Paperback – March 9, 2010

by Jane Kendall (Author), Ruth Sanderson (Illustrator)
4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 314 ratings
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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.
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  1. Reading age
    8 - 10 years, from customers
  2. Book 4 of 16
    Horse Diaries series
  3. Print length
    160 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    3 - 7
  6. Lexile measure
    980L
  7. Dimensions
    5.5 x 0.44 x 6.94 inches
  8. Publisher
    Random House Books for Young Readers
  9. Publication date
    March 9, 2010
  10. ISBN-10
    0375858423
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0375858420
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About the Author

Jane Kendall is the author of the critically acclaimed young adult historical novels Miranda and the Movies and Miranda Goes to Hollywood. She was an enthusiastic rider growing up, and on one memorable occasion went Christmas caroling on horseback. She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Ruth Sanderson has illustrated books for children of all ages, including Summer Pony and Winter Pony. She lives with her family in Ware, Massachusetts, and her favorite hobby is horseback riding.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House Books for Young Readers (March 9, 2010)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0375858423
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0375858420
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 10 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 980L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 4.8 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.44 x 6.94 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 314 ratings

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4.8 out of 5 stars
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Mousie
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute and touching story
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2023
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It's such a nice idea to have the horses tell their own stories, but it's not without bittersweet moments of sadness when the poor animals are confronted with people's power over them.
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Tracey M
5.0 out of 5 stars My 5 year old read above average
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2018
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My 5 year old reads above average and asked me to purchase these books she currently on book 9 after receiving them the beginning of December.

She loves to read and she reads everything, Its problem borrowing books from the library she always wants to keep them, I find myself purchasing books every few weeks.

The stories are wonderful and she enjoys all the characters, the setting of the story and the images.

She just enjoy the series I purchased the frist book during the summer and she asked me to purchase the series for the holiday when shes off from school

Thank you Horse Diaries
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Heidi
5.0 out of 5 stars This is a wonderful series!
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2013
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My daughter loves this series of books! She is crazy about horses and particularly likes the fact that these books are told from the horse's perspective! It is sometimes very difficult getting kids to read - I have found books that utilize animals as characters are very engaging for young readers. My daughter also loves that each book has a different author because she feels it gives the reader more variety with the characters especially since each story is told by a horse. Happy reading!
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traciann
5.0 out of 5 stars Daughter loved it.
Reviewed in the United States on May 21, 2020
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Daughter loved reading this with her teacher. We’ll be buying more of the series.
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DEBORRAH J SCOTT
5.0 out of 5 stars STORY OF A BEAUTIFUL WHITE HORSE
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2018
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It was sad, and happy. I love this book because it had alot of exciting parts in it. I would recommend this book to anyone that loves horses.
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poltroon
4.0 out of 5 stars Enter the Lipizzan
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2010
This is an excellent series for young horse lovers.

This story of the Lipizzaner Maestoso Petra does not break any new ground - the storyline is a basically a combination of Marguerite Henry's White Stallion of Lipizza and of the movie Miracle of the White Stallions. It is told from Petra's point of view, and covers not only his life as one of the famous white stallions, but also, inescapably, some of the historical events that forced the stallions to flee Vienna during World War II. Adult readers will probably find the other works more satisfying; anyone who loves this book should seek out the other two. It is a special time in history, and perhaps my only quibble about the story is that the reader will not realize from it how amazing it was that the breed was rescued from its precarious existence between two armies. The facts are accurate, though, and it is an excellent introduction to the Lipizzan breed and history.

My biggest complaint is with the interior illustrations - which are plentiful and lovely pictures of horses, but do not do justice to the unmistakable visage of a Lipizzan stallion, who will have a significant Roman-type nose and spanish head. I felt the illustrator was trying to make them 'more beautiful' by giving them more Arabian-like heads, instead of portraying them with the amazing noble heads emblematic of the breed.

This is a small point, and I enjoyed this book as much as others in the series.
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Jon Huhn
5.0 out of 5 stars My daughter loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2013
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My 9 year old daughter loved this book, just as she loves the others in this series! We have several of them, but she asks for the rest of the books when she sees that I'm on Amazon. One thing she particularly likes about them is that the stories are told from the horses perspective;she has told me that several times.
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Jesse Messerli
5.0 out of 5 stars Maestoso Petra
Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2018
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It was a very bazaar book, my daughter said. She said you learn a lesson. But she wouldn’t tell me what it was.
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5.0 out of 5 stars nice books which i can collect all together
Reviewed in Canada on January 10, 2022
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nice books which i can buy the whole set
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Licanescu Lia
5.0 out of 5 stars Detailed, interesting, captivating, perfect for helping horse mad girls.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2018
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Very interesting story! Very detailed and perfect for my 12 years old daughter! She is a horse mad girl and this was a very good late birthday present. I read some pages too and is very good! I think every horse lover should have at least 3 books from this edition! She likes the most that this book is about Spanish riding school because she saw the show in Vienna.
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little annieh
5.0 out of 5 stars Straight from the Horses Mouth
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 23, 2014
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A lovely short story based on the real life of the wonderful Lippazana. Stallions who still Tour giving there Magnificent performance which I go to see every year loved having the story told from the Horses Mouth *****
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eileen gillespie
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2015
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