About the Book    Horses Around My Heart, about horses that have been special in the author´s life, is the second Borealis Press publication for Mary Burpee. Her first book, Musk Oxen of Gango, delighted readers of all ages.
   Darky, a horse that once out-raced the stork and the doctor´s new Buick, considered it his duty to chase strange horses and small children out of his pasture, became a Pegasus for a little girl.
   Jack is a school pony of many quirks.
   Rowdy is a work horse that when saddled saw itself as a Knight´s great white charger but was a dismal failure at herding gophers.
   Paddy might have made a school pony if it hadn´t had a phobia for chasing cars.
   Pompey, a Morgan with a "little bit of Arabian blood," helped head the author towards her destiny. Khem, an Arabian stallion that made dreams come true, had to live with a nightmare.

About the Author    Thanks to Khem's kids there were no "terrible teen years" for the author and her husband. Instead they watched each of their children move with confidence and aplomb away from the chrysalis of childhood and into the adult world of challenge and responsibilty.