A little toy horse is about to change Irina's life forever. Award-winning classic young fiction, beautifully illustrated. Bella was real... Dreams don't eat hay and drink water. Dreams don't leave footprints in the snow. When Irina sees a tatty horse in a junk-shop window, she thinks it looks sad and lonely. Irina is an only child and wants nothing more than to take care of this horse. Little does she know how special Bella is or that magical journeys lie in wait for them!
'Tender and touching... utterly enchanting' - Michael Morpurgo
'A rare find... you need look no further for the perfect storybook for an early reader' - Independent
Author
About Magdalen Nabb
Magdalen Nabb was born in the Lancashire town of Church in 1947. She studied both art pottery and in 1975 she moved to Florence, Italy, and started work as a potter. She started writing crime thrillers for adults whilst in Italy and then began writing for children with her Josie Smith series. In 1995 she won the Smarties book prize for The Enchanted Horse. She passed away in 2007.
