Patricia Probert Gott

"Roller Rink Rules" is a memoir of my owning and managing the roller skating rink in Oxford, Maine for 24 years. Along with the narrative, this book includes an eclectic collection of 50 old photos and newspaper clippings taken of employees, skaters, and various events we celebrated along the years from March 1981 to August 2005, e.g., birthday parties, Christmas with Santa, Easter and the roller rabbit, our all-night slumber parties and outside skate park.And many will remember roller hockey, when our teams excelled for ten years.If you are, or were, a roller skater OR an impending roller rink owner, you will thoroughly enjoy this book.

A variety of farm animals try to teach Daisy Donkey to bray, the usual sound that donkeys make, "Hee-haw, hee haw." Colorfully enhanced simple images help young children learn to identify various animals and their sounds.

Some have referred to her as the female version of Secretariat; some called her "super mare," queen of racing, the finest mare in the history of thoroughbred racing. Some simply called her "Queen Z." Her name is Zenyatta-who, from 2007 to 2011, turned the Sport of Kings into an equal Sport of Queens.Based on a true story, as told by Zenyatta herself.

This story, in LARGE PRINT, recounts the last 20 years of Sitting Bull's life-narrated by his favorite horse, Blackie. Based on true events, this historical novel covers the years from 1870 until he was killed in 1890.During these years as Chief and Holy Man of the Lakota Sioux, Sitting Bull fought for, advised, counseled and represented his people, trying to enable them to live free on the northern plains as they had always done, all while the U.S. government declared them "hostiles" and sent the Army to round them up and contain them to living on designated reservations. Sitting Bull and Blackie were involved in the Battle on the Rosebud, present during Custer's defeat, fled to Canada, surrendered to U.S. military, took part in Buffalo Bill's Wild West shows, and raised horses from his home on the Grand River in South Dakota until his untimely murder

This story recounts the last 20 years of Sitting Bull's life-told by his Horse, Blackie. Based on true events, this historical novel covers the years from 1870 until he was killed in 1890. During these years as Chief and Holy Man of the Lakota Sioux, Sitting Bull fought for, advised, counseled and represented his people, trying to enable them to live free on the northern plains as they had always done, all while the U.S. government declared them "hostiles" and sent the Army to round them up and contain them to living on designated reservations.Sitting Bull and Blackie were involved in the Battle on the Rosebud, present during Custer's defeat, fled to Canada, surrendered to U.S. military, took part in Buffalo Bill's Wild West shows, and raised horses from his home on the Grand River in South Dakota until his untimely murder.

"Cowgirl Country" is a contemporary novel based on a true story. A divorced, fortyish, business woman fulfills her lifelong dreams by working as a horse wrangler and trail guide at a duderanch in Wyoming. Her adventures take her from rodeos, endurance races, and pack trips over the Continental Divide into Yellowstone National Park to training wild mustangs in Montana and wrangling horse-pack trips into the Shoshone-Teton National Forests. This book is an enjoyable read for any horse lover or fan of the West.

Shiloh is a small chestnut Arabian horse owned by the author, as is his pasture mate, Sani. Shiloh's specialty HAD been Endurance and Competitive Trail Riding. Here he enters five different classes in a horse show, then goes camping and exploring in the mountains on a three-day packtrip. Written from Shiloh's perspective, these stories are loosely based on the author's true-life experiences at horse shows, and her adventureswhile riding and camping during horseback packtrips.

Appaloosa Duke is a horse story about bullying. Duke tells of his own life having to deal with stress and sadness at being bullied and teased from the time he was a foal in Idaho to being trained as a trail horse at a dude ranch in Wapiti Valley, Wyoming. Other horses could never see beyond his unusual dotted/spotted coat pattern and treated him harshly. Duke befriends a gimpy, arthritic horse named Boots and helps save his life and that of another old horse by standing up to a bear in their defense.Will the other herd horses scoff at his actions and consider him foolhardy? Or will he finally be recognized and respected for the fine, courageous horse that he always was?

Shiloh is a small chestnut Arabian horse, owned by the author, whose specialty HAD been Endurance and Competitive Trail Riding. Now, he has been entered in a horse show.Written from Shiloh's perspective, first he gets accustomed to training in an arena in both English and Western riding tack, then it's show time.The training he goes through, along with his experience at the show, will aid and inform young riders how to prepare and compete in a horse show. This chapter book also contains several photographs of Shiloh.

A young colt named Clyde has just separated from his mum who had told him he'd be a working harness horse some day. He wonders what kind of horse he is and what he will be doing in harness. He interviews many various breeds of horses of all sizes, shapes, and colors, trying to find out what he will be like when he grows up.The colorful cover illustration, plus fifteen interior illustrations were drawn by artist, singer, songwriter, Jewel L. Clark.

Rafiji, a young horse found running wild in South Africa near the Botswana border, is caught and trained to be a safari horse. She tells of her travels and adventures as she encounters wildebeests, zebras, kudus, monkeys, warthogs, rhinos, giraffes, leopards, hippos, red hartebeests, and black sable antelope. This story is based on a true adventure.The colorful cover illustration, plus interior pencil illustrations were professionally drawn by Jewel L. Clark to help children visualize the animals in the story.