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Gentle Carousel's READING IS MAGIC at Schools

Gentle Carousel's READING IS MAGIC Horses

 Gentle Carousel's READING IS MAGIC at Libraries

Gentle Carousel's READING IS MAGIC Authors and Illustrators

LOVE IS... Magic and Rainbow's New Children's Book

Our Mission

Home Sweet Home

Becoming a Therapy Horse

Elephants, Zebras and Gentle Carousel... Oh My

An Enchanted Afternoon Fairy Princess Tea Party

Magic Horses Poem

Photography Contest Winners Featuring Gentle Carousel Horses

Photo Memories

Amazing People

Our Rescues and Therapy Friends

Magical Moments Fashion Show

2009 Magic of Horses

MAGIC

RAINBOW

ANGEL

SUNDANCE

 ALADDIN

ILLUSION

 CHAPS

CIRCUS

PEANUT

ROCKET

FLAME

DURANGO

SPARKLE

TUMBLEWEED

ECLIPSE

STARLIGHT

MILKY WAY

COMET

WHISTLE

FEATHER

BRIGHTY

MOONBEAM

STARDUST

DREAMER

SPLASH

SCOUT

PRINCE

KALLIOPE

BANNER

CONTENDER

RAIN DANCE

SHADOW

SILVER

GERARD

DONKEY OTIE

MAGIC MAN'S ON DEMAND

The Future Of Gentle Carousel Where will the next Rainbow and Magic come from?

Contact Us

Gentle Carousel Therapy Horses is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity.

Your donations are tax deductible. Help us grant wishes, make memories and bring a little magic into the world.

Gentle Carousel Inc.

P.O. Box 1672

High Springs, FL  32655

Phone: 352-226-9009

MiniHorseTherapy@att.net

Magic selected Most Heroic Pet In America. See her in AARP the Magazine.

Gentle Carousel in Woman's World magazine.

Gentle Carousel was selected a charity partner in Disney's volunteer program "Give a Day. Get a Day."

 

Sundance reading at a Boys and Girls Club with former NFL and University of Florida  quarterback Doug Johnson for an Associated Press photo.

 

   What an honor and thrill to have Gentle Carousel's Sundance as a riveting character in JASON AND ELIHU.-Shelley Fraser Mickle

" Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses.

Your Reading Is Magic program and volunteers are heroes every time they walk into a school or library.  Using little miniature horses to inspire young children to read is most creative.  Congratulations on your wonderful charity, spirit and service to your community.

- Bill Bennett " Former Secretary of Education William J. Bennett

"Keep up the wonderful work you do.  I often tell people that Lassie was the first therapy dog--the first to be allowed in hospitals more than 50 years ago!      

Best, Jon " Jon Provost - Appeared as Timmy Martin on Lassie

Canine movie star Benji working with Magic.

"What they are doing is just so incredible.  They are making a difference. These people are the real deal.  They are down there in the trenches doing it."

 -Joe Camp

  Film writer, producer, director, bestselling author and man behind canine superstar Benji.

"What 'Reading Is Magic' does for kids by going into schools and igniting excitement for reading a story is beyond compare.  Keep the hoofbeats going."

Carl Joseph, Author of SOME CALLED ME SUPERSTAR

 

"Reading Is Magic!

Every child you inspire to read is a life forever changed. Thank you for that and for bringing books to life...It can take you from outer space to the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Either way, the journey is magical.

...Wow.  Love those little horses... Great job you're doing.  I'm proud of you." 

-Homer Hickam

Magic appearing on The Ilene Silverman Show.

 

James Gurney

Best-selling author and illustrator of the Dinotopia book series.

 

 Magic with four-time Olympian and ten-time US Female Equestrian Athlete of the Year, Karen O'Connor.

 

Magic with  David O'Connor, president of the United States Equestrian Federation, Olympic gold medalist and Pan American Games and World Equestrian Games medalist.

 

"Magic and Gentle Carousel,

    Inspiring children to read is magical. You are making a difference!"

 Chris Soentpiet - Acclaimed children's book author and illustrator

Professional baseball player Jon Townsend of the Los Angeles Angels visiting children with Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses.

Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses and University of Florida football players at a camp for children with cancer.

"To Magic and Gentle Carousel-

 You have a wonderful program. Thank you for bringing joy to children... Keep reading! It is magic!"

-Anna Grossnickle Hines, author and illustrator of over 50 children's books.

"...Thank you for all the work you do.

...Reading is Magic!"

- Linda Sue Park

Newbery Medal Winner

 

Gentle Carousel on television.

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Sponsors and Friends

 Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses are supported by people just like you who want to help make dreams come true.

Ask if your friends,  your work place or an organization that you belong to if they would like to sponsor a  Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horse.  We try to grant as many wishes and work with as many people as possible but with your support we can do so much more.

 Consider giving a gift in the honor or memory of a friend, family member or beloved pet.

A Very Special Thank You To Our Sponsors:

 

 

Eric Christiansen of Boot Hill Transportation

Donating a penny a mile to Gentle Carousel!

 

Gentle Carousel has been selected as a charity partner in Disney's 2010 volunteer program "Give a Day. Get a Day." Beginning January 1, 2010, when you sign up on Disney's website to volunteer a day of service to Gentle Carousel (and your service is completed and verified) you'll get one day admission to a Walt Disney World® or Disneyland®theme park, FREE!

 

 

 

Lend a Hand

Each year Girls Horse Club adopts an organization dedicated to caring for horses and the people who love them.  Thank you Girls Horse Club and 'mustang23'.

 

 

 Award winning photographers and documentary filmmakers Mark J. and Jackie Barrett.

  

Thank you so much for donating your 2010 Miniature Horse Calendars to Gentle Carousel.

 See Mark Barrett's work at:    http://www.storyline.net       http://www.markjbarrett.com

 

A big thank you to author Sylvia Engdahl who donated many of her wonderful books  to Gentle Carousel's Reading Is Magic.  Your support means so much.

Sylvia Engdahl is the author of 1971 Newbery Honor Book,
Enchantress from the Stars.  This book  later won the Children's Literature Association's 1990 Phoenix Award , which is given each year "from the perspective of time" to a children's book first published 20 years prior to the award's presentation, and it was a finalist for the 2002 Book Sense Book of the Year in the Rediscovery category. 

This Star Shall Abide won a 1973 Christoper Award" affirmation of the highest values of the human spirit." Her adult novel Stewards of the Flame won a bronze medal in the 2008 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards.

 

 

Bison Quest Adventure Vacations

 

Mad Hatter's Cafe

 

See our Gentle Carousel interview at:

"Horse Talk: Interviews With Top People Making Changes In The Horse World"

Thank you for your donation!

 

Ronald McDonald House of Gainesville

 

 Alachua County Children's Alliance

 

Acclaimed children's book author and illustrator Chris Soentpiet.

 Chris Soentpiet

 

 

Benji, The Canine Superstar

with Joe and Kathleen Camp

 

 

 

Alachua County Library District

 

Sidney Lanier School

 

Al'z Place

 

 

Seniors United/Lake City Medical Center

 

 

New Horizon Academy

 

The University of Florida's Healthy Families Program

 

Mother Gator

 

 

 University of Florida Child Protection Team

 

High Springs Day Care Center

A Non-profit Preschool

 

   

 

Gentle Carousel Therapy Horses is a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity.

Your donations are tax deductible.

There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." ~Winston Churchill

 

2010 PONY UP! 

 

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 Gentle Carousel's READING IS MAGIC at Libraries     Gentle Carousel's READING IS MAGIC at Schools

Gentle Carousel's READING IS MAGIC Authors and Illustrators

Would You Like To Meet Our Horses?    MAGIC     RAINBOW    ANGEL     SUNDANCE     MUSIC     CIRCUS     SPARKLE    

  FLAME    ECLIPSE     MILKY WAY     WHISTLE     FEATHER    SCOOTER    HOLLYWOOD     MOONBEAM     STARDUST   

DREAMER     FIREFLY    RAIN DANCE     STORMY    MELODY    HOPE    SILVER    ROCKET

MAGIC MAN'S ON DEMAND    Magic Horses Poem    A Once In A Lifetime Horse...Magic    Home Sweet Home

Photo Memories    More Photos    Our Rescues    2009 Magic of Horses Fundraiser     Amazing People    Other Therapy Animals

Elephants, Zebras and Gentle Carousel... Oh My!    Photography Contest Winners Featuring Gentle Carousel Therapy Horses

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