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pacifickle's review
4.0
Stunning linoleum block prints tell a wonderful story about a self-taught Doctor and his amazing horse. Doc believed in training horses through kindness, not abuse, and boy does it pay off with this one. Great nonfiction biography!
thenextgenlibrarian's review
5.0
How have I never heard of Doc and Jim Key?! What an amazing book filled with great facts and the overall message of teaching with kindness. Great book for elementary and middle grade children!
fleurdujour's review
3.0
Pretty interesting! I really liked how the illustrations looked like they were carved from woodblocks.
thenextgenlib's review
5.0
How have I never heard of Doc and Jim Key?! What an amazing book filled with great facts and the overall message of teaching with kindness. Great book for elementary and middle grade children!
readingthroughtheages's review
5.0
Really interesting picture book biography that young readers will love. Fantastic and thorough backmatter.
warriorpickle's review
4.0
My kids have a reading challenge through our local library. They have bingo like card filled with things like "staff picks" and "book with a blue color." One of the choices was a diversity book. All the ones that were on the list were checked out since every one is trying to participate. Talked to the librarian, she asked what my daughter was interested in, she said horses. She directed us to this book and said it would fit the bill.
Well let me tell you I'm happy this strange series of events happened! Doc and Jim Key are my new heroes! Doc grew up with a love for animals and eventually came into ownership of Jim, the world's smartest horse. The things this horse could do were downright amazing. And Doc is equally amazing for teaching him. Doc and his brilliant horse Jim spread the love of animals and kindness around the nation. He was able to use his influence for equality as well in a way that is respectable and admirable.
I had never heard the story of Doc and Jim Key before and I feel like I want everyone to hear this story now. There are so many stories of so many interesting people and this is one of them that I think would be cool if more people knew about! Especially people who love animals.
A very fun read with my children.
Well let me tell you I'm happy this strange series of events happened! Doc and Jim Key are my new heroes! Doc grew up with a love for animals and eventually came into ownership of Jim, the world's smartest horse. The things this horse could do were downright amazing. And Doc is equally amazing for teaching him. Doc and his brilliant horse Jim spread the love of animals and kindness around the nation. He was able to use his influence for equality as well in a way that is respectable and admirable.
I had never heard the story of Doc and Jim Key before and I feel like I want everyone to hear this story now. There are so many stories of so many interesting people and this is one of them that I think would be cool if more people knew about! Especially people who love animals.
A very fun read with my children.
nerfherder86's review
4.0
I loved this picture book for its message to be kind, and of course that it was about a smart horse. :-) It's an amazing story, former slave William "Doc" Key trains his horse Beautiful Jim to do math, file cards, make change, identify flags, and so forth! They performed in front of audiences for nine years. Ticket money went to benefit the Humane Society. The illustrations are gorgeous, block prints painted in color, designed to look very 19th century to fit the time period of the story.
agudenburr's review
4.0
I really enjoyed reading about Doc and his horse Jim. This true story is a great read for any animal lover.