Busy Horsies

A Busy Book

by John Schindel, Casi Lark (photographer)

The seventh outing for the Busy series features horses and ponies engaging in an array of toddler-appropriate activities. Photographer Casi Lark captures the beauty of equines in action in this stunning addition to the popular series.

Busy books have sold morethan 100,000 copies.

Genres: Picture Books

20 pages, Board Book

First published September 1, 2007

Reviews

[Payton Goolsby · Rating 5 out of 5]

You’ve got to read this. It’s about horsies

[Awjtf · Rating 3 out of 5]

cute book about horsies!

[Maeve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horses on the farm are busy...from playing to sleeping!

Great photographs, rich language, and easy to add movement for little ones.

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Busy Horsies (2007) is one of photographer John Schindel's busy animal series of board books. It is the seventh book in a nine book series.

Each full color photograph of a mare and her foal doing something includes a short description like "horsies strolling" (page 8). The book is a collaboration with Casi Lark who owns Spanish Mustangs.

I read this book with Harriet. We enjoyed the gorgeous photography of the horses.

The busy animal series books include:

* Busy Pandas
* Busy Horsies
* Busy Bunnies
* Busy Piggies
* Busy Barnyard
* Busy Kitties
* Busy Doggies
* Busy Monkeys
* Busy Penguins

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Illustrated with photographs, horses do different things.

Busy Horsies was a hit with baby although not as big of a hit as Busy Chickens. Baby particularly liked the "Horsey sleeping" page with the photo of the foal lying down in the grass.

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vivid photos, and SUPER short for a quick toddler read. It's also really repetitive, which has made it easy for my two-year-old to memorize. She and likes to "read" it back to me.

This whole series is similar and very cute.

[Jessie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as riveting as Busy Chickens. Also, my toddler is finding it confusing when I use differnt words for the same animal so I have to keep saying "horse" instead of horsie. Although he just calls them all "neigh neigh" no matter what I say.

[Winslow · Rating 3 out of 5]

You used to like the horsie strolling--horsie rolling pair, since I. would roll backwards with you in her lap at the rolling part.

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

There are busy horsies in it.

[Casandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great pics of horses doing things you don't see a lot like swimming & laying down.

[Kyleigh · Rating 1 out of 5]

I love all of the "Busy" animals books that I have seen thus far, except this one. I couldn't stand the use of "Horsies." This may seem absurd, but it just seemed too babyish.