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Backseat Driver

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10. We had a birthday book club in which one donated a book to the

Reply to Bayard (Original post)

Thu Jul 28, 2022, 07:23 PM

Jul 2022

elementary school library on one's birthday noted by a tag on the fly page: This book donated by X on (date) in honor of his/her birthday. I seem to remember that I picked out "Misty of Chincoteague" for my birthday donation one year. At some point, Wesley Dennis, the illustrator who often did drawings of horses for Ms Henry's books visited our elementary school. One of his works, quite large, hung in the lobby area outside the school office.

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Beloved Chincoteague ponies' mythical origins may be real [View all] Bayard Jul 2022 OP

WOW! elleng Jul 2022 #1

K&R Solly Mack Jul 2022 #2

Wow! Duppers Jul 2022 #3

Road trip!! Bayard Jul 2022 #18

Awww! Same here! One of my first books, too! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #4

Count me in! tosh Jul 2022 #12

My cousin, the closest I had to a sister, was big on horses, so I was given that book, too Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #13

Great, warm memories! tosh Jul 2022 #19

With all those Golden Books, I had my own "library" before I could even read... Rhiannon12866 Jul 2022 #20

The wild ponies on Assateague in Maryland are something else, I tell you Wicked Blue Jul 2022 #5

My daughter is about to move to Maryland. momta Jul 2022 #6

A childhood favorite! demmiblue Jul 2022 #7

This is not farfetched- it's fascinating malaise Jul 2022 #8

I must have read "Misty" ten times when I was a kid... Sky Jewels Jul 2022 #9

We had a birthday book club in which one donated a book to the Backseat Driver Jul 2022 #10

Went on vacation gab13by13 Jul 2022 #11

The state bird. They will bite through your shirt. twodogsbarking Jul 2022 #14

I loved all of the horse books too shanti Jul 2022 #15

Salem 66 - Across The Sea / Pony Song Celerity Jul 2022 #16

Went to Chincoteague last year. TNNurse Jul 2022 #17

My daughter read the books so Captain Zero Jul 2022 #21