Attention, all horse lovers! Here's a gentle, gorgeously illustrated meditation on the healing power of our relationship with animals and overcoming our fears, for readers of I talk like a river and Rescue & Jessica. When a shy young girl attends a school program to read to a horse called Snow, she doesn't know what to expect -- other than to be nervous about reading aloud. Her words often get stuck, but Snow's calm and reassuring company slowly builds her confidence. Rain and the reading horse is a beautiful celebration of a girl's relationship with a horse and the slow but persistent ways we can confront our fears.