We have detected that you have javascript disabled. Many features on our website will not work unless you enable javascript in your browser.
View Cart

Mary on Horseback

Ages:
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Grades:
P3/4
P4/5
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
by Rosemary Wells, Wells Rosemary
Mary%20on%20Horseback

Average Rating:
Average rating: 4
7 Reviews

$4.99
Club Price: $4.49

Item #KA32

Your purchase of this product will allow us to donate a portion of the total cost of your order to Sonlight's charities. We are thrilled that, last year, we were able to contribute $0.34 to these organizations for every "Mary on Horseback" we sold. We look forward to doing the same this year!

There are no hospitals or doctors in the Appalachian Mountains in the 1920s, so Mary Breckinridge, founds the Frontier Nursing Service to help those in need. Told through the eyes of three people whose lives she touched, this informative and inspirational story paints a clear picture of the life and service of this little known heroine. Pb.


Read Aloud Levels: Kindergarten - Adult
Read Alone Levels: 2 - 5
Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Product Categories:
K Read-Aloud Books

This product is included in the following package(s):

Customer Reviews:

Average Rating:
Average rating: 4
7 Reviews

Please sign in or register if you would like to write a review.

5 out of 5 stars by LINDA B on 2009-06-16
Great book. I read this to my 7, 6, 5, and 4 year old children. They all enjoyed it and we had some pretty good discussions. We would have loved a sequel ;)

5 out of 5 stars by KRISTEN O on 2009-03-17
My son loved this book (Kindergarten). Very touching stories that show what people have, and still go through. He enjoyed that character of the boy that was weaved through a few of the stories.

5 out of 5 stars by EMILY M on 2009-03-05
We really loved this book. My four year old son was very touched by it and wanted it read over and over to him. He asked lots of questions and this allowed us to discuss it pretty thoroughly. The simple way it is written is very genuine and captures the simple life of the people in the story. I also liked that all three stories were written from a different perspective - one of a little boy who saw the care of his dad, one of a young nurse who traveled to the U.S. to work for Mary, and one of a little girl who lost her mother and went with her newborn twin siblings to Mary's hospital. I know every child is different and ready for information at different levels. It happens that this was at a perfect level for my son, who is very sensitive and drinks up all sorts of stories. But every family is different.

1 out of 5 stars by Laurie beth K. on 2008-04-01
A touching story that, in my opinion, is inappropriate for Kindergarteners. Many of the detailed descriptions and stories brought me to tears. If they had this kind of impact on me as an adult, I am positive that my daughter is not ready for such detail. I think this would be a great reader when studying American History in 3rd or 4th grade, but definitely not now. Don't get me wrong - I want my daughter to read this book eventually, just not for a few more years.

5 out of 5 stars by Jennifer M. on 2008-03-26
I thought this book would not be that great for my 5 and 7-year-old girls based on the reviews, but they both loved it. We briefly talked about the setting and time period before we started. The stories really touched my 7-year-old in that she wants to grow up to serve others. She thinks Mary is a hero.

3 out of 5 stars by Ellen Y. on 2007-06-22
Giving this book a star rating was tough. On the one hand, it wasn't that well written. Reading the opening, I wasn't sure it was going to be at all interesting. And it's a pity it that the story was so incomplete. On the other hand, it is an amazing story, of a woman who saw the poverty and sickness in the Kentucky mountains and single handedly did something about it. Once we got past the slightly boring opening, my daughter drank this up, even when poor Lily couldn't be saved. I think we both regretted when the book was over. I would have liked to read much more.