Valley Country has wonderful horse stories for kids of all ages: from first readers through to teens. These books make great gifts, and are perfect for kids who love books as much as horses and also for kids who love horses and need to be encouraged to read.
For Australian based stories for 7 - 9 year old readers we highly recommend the Bonnie and Sam series based on two horse crazy girls. Bonnie and Sam are best friends and no one loves horses the way they do .... except perhaps the readers of Bonnie and Sam!