Sunday, November 19, 2006

HOLIDAY GOODIES BETWEEN COVERS
PICTURE BOOKS
Our reviewers' picks of the best books of the season for the readers on your list
Reviewed by Susan Faust

Blackie, the Horse Who Stood Still
By Christopher Cerf; illustrated by Paige Peterson
RANDOM/WELCOME BOOKS; 64 Pages; $18.95; ALL AGES
Marin-ites love their statue of Blackie, standing in a bayside pasture in Tiburon. The real swaybacked Blackie is the subject of this evocatively illustrated "biography," told in Seuss-like verse, that covers his Midwestern roots, working life in the rodeo and Yosemite, and legendary status as environmental symbol and mascot to a town.