Dorothy Childs Hogner

Dusty’s Return

Oxford University Press, New York, 1950, illus Nils Hogner, 190 pp.

Disney made a film based on the book:  Wild Burro of the West

Dorothy Childs lived in Connecticut most of her life, though she studied at the University of New Mexico (where she met her husband, Nils Hogner) and the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts. She married Nils Hogner in 1932, and the two worked on many books together.  He illustrated most of her books, many of which were aimed at the younger child reader.  She and her husband specialised in growing culinary herbs, about which she wrote a book, as well as several travel books.

Finding the books:  all are reasonably easy to find in the USA.  Only Stormy had a UK publication, and it is very easy to find.

Sources and links:

Terri A. Wear:  Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibilography, Scarecrow Press, 1987

A little biographical information

Many thanks to Lisa Catz for the photograph.

Bibliography - horse books only

The Education of a Burro

Thomas Nelson & Sons, New York, 1936, illus Nils Hogner

Stormy, the First Mustang

Oxford University Press, 1941, illus Nils Hogner, 151 pp.

Hutchinson, London, hb, 1944, 127 pp.

An historical story:  when the Spaniards had to release their horses on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, most of
them could not cope.  Stormy, who was just a baby, was able to adjust and survive.

Daisy, a Farm Fable

Oxford University Press, New York, 1949, illus Nils Hogner, 48 pp.

Daisy’s mother was a work horse, and Daisy was determined she was not going to work as her mother did.  She
tried to turn herself into an elegant horse.

Reward for Brownie

Oxford University Press, New York, 1944, illus Nils Hogner, 28 pp.

Brownie is a police horse, entering retirement

Lady Bird

Oxford University Press, New York, 1938, illus Nils Hogner, 47 pp.

The Horse Family

Oxford University Press, New York, 1953, illus Nils Hogner. 70 pp.

This I think is non fiction.

Our American Horse
Thomas Nelson & Sons, New York, 1944, illus Nils Hogner, 114 pp.

This book covers the American horse from Eohippus to the horse in 1940s America, taking in the introduction of the horse
to North America by Cortez, the horse in the opening up of the West, and a gallop through Morgans, Police Horses, the
Pony Express and much more.

Non fiction