Rosina and the Show- 1985/1990 (Post 208)
Rosina and the Show is the second of three books about Rosina Paul, her friend Kate, her calf Star and her baby brother, David. Rosina and Kate have been best friends for a long time, but Rosina's devotion to her calf is still something of a sore point with Kate, who sees herself and the friendship losing out too often to her four-legged rival. In this story, Rosina has entered Star in the local show, and Kate has found herself sidelines yet again. At the show, however, Rosina comes by an accident when a panicking horse knocks her flying. She is hurt and cannot lead Star in her class. Dad can't help, because Star must be shown by a child. Will Kate help out? It would be pretty obvious to any reader that Kate will, but the horse incident has a knock-on effect leading into the third book in the series where Rosina's chickens come home to roost. As was general at this period, Rosina and the Show came out in an orange hardback, matching Rosina and Her Calf, which has a bright blue cover. Again the cover was illustrated by Noela Young, who has such a wonderful touch with children and animals. Five years later, after the third book came out, Rosina and the Show was released as a paperback with a red background. The first and third books never came out in that edition which seems odd, but that's publishing for you!
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