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A wild Mustang horse finds a lost little boy in the wilderness. They travel together on a magical adventure and share a very special friendship. This beautifully illustrated, moving children's book captures both your heart and imagination.MILO AND THE MUSTANG was inspired by the the immediate connection a real boy named Milo, who has Autism and Cerebral Palsy had with the author's Mustang mare. Children reading the story will identify with Milo before it is revealed that he has special needs. Alycin Hayes wrote the story. Deaf Artist Beverly Marie Melton illustrated it and Milo Austin-Olsen who has both severe autism and cerebral palsy made the final choice of the cover and illustrations used in the book. + Milo and the Mustang has large-print so it is easier for children with vision problems to read. The illustrations and text are in the same location on each page to give the story a consistency for children with Autism.

"Move over Indian Jones, you have met your match."-The Little Black Dress author Leo Hines "A rip-roaring adventure that is also thought provoking" -Live Your Bucket List author Julia Goodfellow-Smith"A fascinating adventure...when backpacking was in its infancy." -Adventure She Magazine editor Jane Harries AMAZON HITCHHIKER is the true story of Alycin Hayes, a young woman who hitchhikes alone in the 1970s across the USA, Mexico, and Central America to the Amazon Basin. On the spur of the moment, she buys an old dugout canoe thinking she can paddle from Colombia to Brazil.Without enough food or even a map she soon discovers the Amazon rainforest is not the idyllic paradise she had imagined. She forges her way through this challenging, sometimes mystical adventure, facing life-threatening obstacles, while falling in love along the way.With candid honesty and a lifesaving sense of humor, Hayes has written an account of her travels that you won't be able to put down.