Blackie is not your typical horse! His favorite thing in the world is to just stand still! Blackie the Horse Who Stood Still is a charming biography in rhyme about a horse that some folks would call unnatural and maybe even worthless. Even though Blackie hates change and would prefer to just do nothing, he does manage to find a lifetime of jobs that are a perfect fit: rodeo champion, Yosemite park patrol horse, and favorite pasture "attraction." In the end, Blackie's message to his community, and readers, is that sometimes it takes putting on the brakes to appreciate the beauty around us and sometimes change simply for change's sake is not always progress. Author Christopher Cerf, long-time contributor/creator of Sesame Street, and illustrator Paige Peterson, have collaborated to offer a beautiful tribute to the real-life horse behind this story. You can find this book at E CER at your library but even though it is a picture book, the length and level of difficulty of this book make it a good transition from Easy to Juvenile.
