My Name is Sara
I am a Racehorse!

by Jay Hahnkamp

illustrations by Bonnie Shields

published by Jay Hahnkamp

produced by Sweetgrass Books

  • Jay Hahnkamp's newest book, My Name is Sara: I am a Racehorse!, is a story based on one of the author's calves from his family's Montana ranch. They named the calf Sara after a girl they have known for years. Like the calf, Sara was different by many people's standards, but very loved and protected.

    Sara, the fictitious character in the book based on the author's calf, is not "normal" by bovine standards, but like the girl Sara, she is the most loved and protected critter in the barnyard. You see, Sara doesn't know she's different. She believes she can be anything - even a racehorse!

    Sara's adventures will inspire young and old alike. Accompanied by fifteen charming illustrations by Bonnie Shields and nine photos of the real calf Sara and her family, My Name is Sara is a touching story that will become a heart-warming favorite.



32 pages, 8 1/2, 9 b/w photos, 14 illustrations, 80 softcovers per case

softcover
ISBN 10: 159152184X
ISBN 13: 9781591521846
$11.95


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My Name is Sara
I am a Racehorse!

Most rodeo calves went to junior rodeos and were chased by little kids in the breakaway roping. Once the calf was roped, the rope that was tied to the saddle with string would break off and a flag that was tied to the rope would fly in the air. If a calf was caught, they would drag the rope and flag into the catch pen and it would be taken off. The other calves would cheer for the calves that were missed and they would laugh at the calves that were caught!

Every day, Sara would ask Albert and Rosa when she would be picked. Every day, calves would come in and calves would go out, and still Sara would be left. One day, while Sara was talking to her best friend Jerry, she had all but given up on leaving the big pen. She noticed a man looking at her and pointing. She asked Jerry, "Who is that man pointing at me, Jerry?"

-from page 13



Jay Hahnkamp align= Jay Hahnkamp is a Montana native, born in Butte, Montana, in 1963. He was raised on the banks of the Big Hole River where he still lives with his wife and two boys. Jay graduated with a degree in agricultural education from Montana State University and uses his life experiences with work and family to write his books. Jay's book My Pony Bucks... My dad says so! won a Will Rogers Gold Medallion Award for 2015 Illustrated Western Fiction for Young Readers. Jay's life experience on his Montana ranch has inspired this book as well.


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