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In the early 1900s, a little boy named Durrell won a pony named Toodles. Here is an excerpt from his letter: One night I had a terrible time. It grew dark suddenly and a storm came up, making the night all the more fearsome with its flashes of lightning and thunder that roared like a…

A newspaper flies through the air, hits the front door, and falls to the porch with a thud. Pedaling his bike swiftly through the streets of Houston, Texas, a young Matt Manroe is hardly aware of the American giants behind the doors of the homes on his childhood newspaper delivery route. “It was a super…

In the early 1900s, a young girl named Anna Ruth won a pony named Kip. Here is an excerpt from her letter: I want all my friends to know what a lovely pet I now have. When I received the telephone message, telling me that “Kip” had arrived, I just couldn’t get to the depot…

My grandparents lived on a dirt road surrounded by the farmland that they owned. Near the kitchen in their two-story white farmhouse with green shutters, there was a window over a built-in desk. Through that window, you could look down their dirt road to the west and just barely see the main paved road that…

In the early 1900s, a young girl named Marville won a pony named Bouncer. Here is an excerpt from her letter: When papa brought my pony home, all I could say was, “Isn’t she dear, isn’t she dear,” and I just wanted to kiss her, and let me whisper, I really did. Oh! who could…

In the early 1900s, a young boy named Elmer won a pony named Sonny. Here is an excerpt from his letter: I went to the depot to meet my pony the day he came. I could hear him whinnying but I could not see him. Then I went to the other side of the car…