Ellen Feld facts for kids
Ellen Feld is an American author who writes exciting books, especially about horses! She is famous for her stories about Morgan horses. These special horses are an American breed. Their story began with a horse named Figure, also known as Justin Morgan. He was born in West Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1789. Ellen Feld lives in Massachusetts with her family and many animals, including seven horses!
Ellen Feld's Amazing Horse Books
Ellen Feld has written many popular books. She often writes for magazines like The Morgan Horse Magazine and Just About Horses.
The Morgan Horse Series
This series of books is perfect for readers aged 9 to 13.
- Blackjack: Dreaming of a Morgan Horse and Frosty: The Adventures of a Morgan Horse were very popular.
- Both books won the Children's Choices award. This award is special because children themselves choose the winners!
- In 2007, Breyer Model Horses even packaged Blackjack with one of their model horses.
- These books were also added to the Accelerated Reader program. This program helps students find books that match their reading level.
The series continued with Rusty: The High-Flying Morgan Horse and Robin: The Lovable Morgan Horse.
- Rusty was also added to the Accelerated Reader program.
- Both Rusty and Robin won the Adding Wisdom Award. This award recognizes excellent products for children.
- In 2006, Robin was chosen as one of the top 20 children's products of the year. Rusty was named one of the top 100 products.
The fifth book in the series is Annie: The Mysterious Morgan Horse.
- Annie won a bronze medal in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards. It was also a semi-finalist in the Reader Views Literary Awards.
The sixth book in the series is Rimfire: The Barrel Racing Morgan Horse.
- It was published in 2009.
- Tack 'n Togs magazine chose it as one of the 'Best New Products of 2009'.
The seventh book in the series is The Further Adventures of Blackjack: The Champion Morgan Horse. It was published in 2012. That same year, a photo book called Meet the Morgans was released. It showed the real horses that inspired the series.
Books for Younger Readers
Ellen Feld has also written five books for younger children. These books are for readers aged 5 to 7.
- Shadow: The Curious Morgan Horse is a fictional story about a young foal's adventure.
- Justin Morgan and the Big Horse Race is a historical fiction book. It tells about a real race that the famous horse Justin Morgan participated in. This race is still celebrated every year in Brookfield, Vermont. It's called the 'Morgan Mile Trotting Races'.
- Blackjack: The Magical Morgan Horse is a story about a horse from a child's drawing coming to life.
- What Can I Do? A Donkey-Donk Story and What Does A Police Horse Do? use photos of real animals to tell their stories.
