Hattie wants a horse more than anything. Her friend Ellen has three ponies. When Hattie's father finally comes home with a horse trailer, Hattie is ecstatic. But instead of a horse, out stomps Olaf—a donkey. Now Hattie not only has horse fever, she suddenly catches lying sickness as well.Inclined to emotional storms and exaggeration—always with the best intentions—Hattie is an audacious and captivating character. This warm-hearted chapter book channels the spirit of Pippi Longstocking.

Hattie is a street-smart country girl in her first year of school. She lives just outside of nowhere, right next to no one at all. Luckily she's starting school and that brings new adventures.Hattie gets her first swimming badge, falls madly in love with a hermit crab, and meets a best friend. Sometimes things go wrong—like when the hairdresser cuts her hair into stumps just in time for school photos. Hattie is funny, lively and sympathetic chapter book, perfect for reading aloud and for newly independent readers.