Misty of Chincoteague

Name: Misty of Chincoteague
Brand: Simon & Schuster Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4 (12 reviews)
Author: Marguerite Henry
ISBN: 9780743572514

Author: Marguerite Henry

Narrator: Edward Herrmann

Unabridged: 2 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Published: 10/07/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Regional Stories, Animal Stories

Synopsis

A Newbery Honor Book

Rediscover award-winning author Marguerite Henry’s classic story about a wild horse’s gentle colt with this faux leather–bound anniversary edition.

On an island of Chincoteague off the coasts of Virginia and Maryland lives a centuries-old band of wild ponies. Among them is the most mysterious of all, Phantom, a rarely seen mare that eludes all efforts to capture her—until a young boy and girl lay eyes on her and decide they can’t live without her.

The frenzied roundup that follows on the next “Pony Penning Day” does indeed bring Phantom into their lives…in a way they never would have suspected. Phantom will forever be a creature of the wild. But her gentle, loyal colt Misty is another story altogether.

About Marguerite Henry

Marguerite Henry (1902–1997) was the beloved author of such classic horse stories as King of the Wind, Misty of Chincoteague, and Stormy, Misty’s Foal, and her work has won several Newbery Awards and Honors.

About Edward Herrmann

Edward Herrmann's films include Nixon, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Annie, and The Aviator. On television's Gilmore Girls he starred as the patriarch, Richard Gilmore. He has also appeared on The Good Wife, Law & Order, 30 Rock, Grey's Anatomy, and Oz. He earned an Emmy Award for The Practice, and remains well-known for his Emmy-nominated portrayals of FDR in Eleanor and Franklin and Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years. On Broadway, he won a Tony Award for his performance in Mrs. Warren's Profession.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on June 23, 2011

This was one of those cases when bedtime arrived, and it was time to start a fresh chapter book, but I hadn't visited the library that day, and so pulled a book from my own collection off the shelves. It wasn't one I'd planned on reading aloud because I thought maybe it was too old-fashioned, and th......more

Goodreads review by Calista on March 18, 2018

I loved this story. I do think it was mis-named. It should have been Phantom of Assateague Island. The story is more about the Phantom and the legend built up around here than Misty. Misty is like a secondary character in this story. I didn't know this was based on a true story. This tells the histo......more

Goodreads review by Paul on November 23, 2024

Misty of Chincoteague has achieved, in literary terms, a kind of equine immortality. Her story, and that of the young children who love her, has become a vital part of the history and culture of the small coastal town of Chincoteague, Virginia; and generations of young readers have thrilled to the s......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on June 13, 2020

Reread this for the first time since I was little while staying in Chincoteague and it was just as magical as I remember!......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 23, 2014

I had a pony as a kid & lived on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, not too far from Chincoteague. We went there & I got to put a real place to the book. The 'Paul' in the book was in his early 30's then, as I recall & I supposedly got to meet him. I was pretty young, about 7 or 8 I guess. I was told he......more