Brighty of the Grand Canyon

Brighty of the Grand Canyon is a children’s novel from 1953, written by Marguerite Henry. Now viewed as a classic of American children’s literature, it tells the adventures of a little donkey (or as the Spanish say, burro) who blazed trails through the Grand Canyon, had many adventures and met many......more

This was my first chapter book ever. Got it when the scholastic book sale happened through my grade school . . . .I loved Brighty and never thought we'd be reunited when it popped up in Scribd. Dear old Marguerite Henry - she loved all things equus and that's what she wrote about. . .for kiddos. Ms.......more

I first discovered Newberry Medal winning author Marguerite Henry when I was in the third grade. You know, shortly after the Ark made landfall. As a dyed-in-the-stable horse lover, I read just about everything this remarkably talented “horse writer” ever wrote: King of the Wind, Black Gold, Justin M......more

Okay, this probably only would have gotten three stars from me if I weren't in the middle of a mad love affair with the Grand Canyon, but it's so perfectly evocative of what it's like to be there, with the stark cliffs and rushing river and the way mountain lions leap into your path. I especially ap......more

I last read this book as a fourth grader many years ago. When I found it in the Grand Canyon visitor's center last week, I couldn't resist reading it again. Despite its age, this book is such a dear story, and the attention to history, landscape and environment is inspiring. Perhaps I'll rediscover......more