The Silver Brumby (Silver Brumby Series)

by Elyne Mitchell

Reissue of a classic Australian children's novel first published in 1958 and Highly Commended in the 1959 Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards. It is the first of the author's Silver Brumby... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0207198624
• ISBN13: 9780207198625
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: HarperCollins (Australia) Chil
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.9" x 0.8" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

My Bestest Book in my bookshelf!!!!!!!!

This book was written by Elyne Mitchell and i can tell you she's the greatest. Anyways, this book is filled with talking horses but that's OK for this once. Thowra is born out of the rare creamies mare and a proud strongest strongest chestnut stallion. Bel Bel knew he would be hunted so she woved a spell naming him Thowra of the wild wind of the night in the storm when he was born. He and his friend Storm stayed through all of their years together. Even through adulthood. When The Brogla was in prime of his life, he has defeated and killed Yarraman, Thowra's father. But he stole another creamy off The Man and soon he was famous. He was tried to be caught and tamed, but because he had a smart, wise and cunning mother and a strong and handsome father, he was unbeatable. Other stallions wanted to kill him.He also grew faster, cunning and stronger so strong was able to defeat The Brogla! So then he was the King of the Cascade Brumbies. He kept Golden and couple of his prized mare in the Secret Valley. Then in a legendary chase, Thowra the wild wind disappeared over the cliff and people thought that he ran to his death. THOWRA RULZ!!!!!!!!!!!!! In the other little edition that was great too. I totally recommanded this book to all ages and to the horse-lovers.

It's soooo great!!

This book is about a silver stallion that everyone wants to capture and tame, but Thowra escapes all the time and steals Golden and The Brolga fights with Yarraman, would Yarraman be killed or still be the King of Cascade brumbies? Until Thowra grew strong, he fought and won as King of the Cascade brumbies! and i recommended this book to anyone at all that loves horses or wild horses. Read this book and you'll love it!!!!!!!

as enjoyable now as it was at age 9

I first read this book when I was nine years old and I remember loving it. I read all the other books addictively for a few months then totally forgot about them. A week ago I was at the public library and, for some reason, I suddenly remembered those books I remembered loving so much. I decided to read the first one again. Once more I was swept up in brumby country where stallions fight to the death over mares and where man is an enamy. I found myself immersed in the world of Thowra, the magnificent silver horse who ran with the wind. The scenery is so well described you can picture it and you can really see through Thowra's eyes as he gallops away with the men on horseback at his heals. You don't need to be a horse-lover to enjoy these books. I'm not. All you need is an appreciation of seeing through the eyes of a character who isn't human and a love of animals in general. I recommend this book to those who liked Watership Down and to those who wish to be transported to a world that is totally different than any you have ever read about before.

Looking through the horse's eyes

The novel is set in Australia and is written in the style of seeing life through the eyes of the wild brumbies that populate the Cascades/ Snowy Mountains. The story revolves around Thowra a palomino colt who is born from Bel Bel (cream mare). Due to his colouring he is hunted and alienated by man and beast, and the story tells how the tiny silver colt grows from a unimportant foal to the king of the Cascades. It doesn't happen easily as Thowra and his half-brother Storm evade being captured, fight for the right to have a herd, and the right for supremacy in this hostile world. I have enjoyed this series of books, and as I come from Australia I like how it contains much Aboriginal culture and words (eg Thowra means 'the wind'). These books are unlike most horsey books as the story is about the horses lives, successes and struggles instead of the humans. A good thing about the Silver Brumby books are that the are all interlinked as most are about Thowra's offspring, friends or just about him as a legend. I would recommend this book to anyone who is curious about Australian life in the bush, or who is just an avid horse lover like me.

The Best Book I have Ever Read

The Silver Brumby is my favorite book ever.I mean i have a copy of it and i have read it 5 times.It is one of those books that never gets old and you can read it 500 times and never get tired of it.Thowra sounds like a horse god!I absolutely looooooooove this book.YOU HAVE TO READ IT!I wish the rest of the series wasnt so rare so i could read them too!