Thus begins "Blackie, The Horse Who Stood Still," a children's book based on Tiburon's Blackie. The book was written by Christopher Cerf and Paige Peterson in playful, rhyming text and is accompanied by 45 of Paige's lyrical...
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Thus begins "Blackie, The Horse Who Stood Still," a children's book based on Tiburon's Blackie. The book was written by Christopher Cerf and Paige Peterson in playful, rhyming text and is accompanied by 45 of Paige's lyrical full-color illustrations. It's coming out on September 19th and is published by the Tiburon Peninsula Foundation and Welcome Enterprises, and will be distributed by Random House. (Learn more here!) The book tells the (mostly) true story of Blackie, a horse who made standing still a lifelong endeavor, while at the same time becoming a champion rodeo horse, a tourist favorite at Yosemite National Park, a legendary environmental crusader, and the beloved mascot of one of America's most beautiful towns - Tiburon. The book delivers an important message about appreciating and preserving the natural beauty around us and is destined to become a children's classic. The word quickly spread 'bout the new horse in town And from all 'round the country young kids headed down To the pasture where Blackie could always be found Standing still, like a rock, on the same patch of ground.
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