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K&B started publishing the first Horse Tales for the Soul books in 2000. Our goal was to produce one book with respected teacher/trainer and speaker, Bonnie Marlewski-Probert and then move our attention into the Dog/Cat markets with a similar product line.
However, much to our surprise, when our author, Bonnie Marlewski-Probert sent out the word to the media that she was looking for stories for a new book, we were inundated with amazing, true stories from horse lovers around the globe.
One book, led to two, which has since led us to the most recent, volume 7 and we are asked every week, when are we going to produce volume 8!
History of the Series
"The idea for the Horse Tales for the Soul books came in 2000 while writing one of my two syndicated monthly columns for the horse industry. The column focused on one of my school string horses named "Leo". He was an ex-Polo Pony/now school horse who had a heart of gold and was so generous and laid back that, as I mentioned in the column, had he been a guy, he would have been the kind of guy you went out for a beer with on Friday nights after work! After that column appeared in magazines around the country, among my normal reader mail, I received two very special letters from readers that touched my heart, and changed my life.
These two letters stood out because both of them included stories about a special horse in their life and ended with a similar statement, "after reading your column, I knew you would understand my story." And they were right, I did." Said Bonnie Marlewski-Probert.
Each of those stories had been written by a normal, caring horse lover who had lived through an amazing, life changing event with their own horse and had never shared the story with anyone before. Both stories were overflowing with life lessons that anyone could relate to (whether you were into horses or not). Both stories were so heartwarming and wonderful that no one could have read them without CRYING! After having a good cry, I wondered how many other fabulous stories were out there that no one knew about because no one was sharing them? That was the day the Horse Tales for the Soul books were born!"
Why These Books are SO Unique
What makes this series of books, and now audio books, so unique and special is the fact that Bonnie Marlewski-Probert, a seasoned rider, trainer, teacher and speaker for the horse world read and selected every story in every book personally. As a teacher for more than 20 years, her focus was not just on training riders to be successful on horseback, her real mission has always been to focus on teaching life lessons to her students that could be applied to enhance every area of their life and she used the Horse to teach those lessons. Her approach to teaching mirrors the approach taken by great football or baseball coaches who use the sport as their opportunity to teach boys to be men and girls to be women and individuals to be team players. These are the life skills that once learned, provide students with all the tools they need to live extraordinarily successful lives in business, in their personal endeavors, oh, and by the way, on horseback!
The Horse Tales for the Soul books take this teaching philosophy to the next level by sharing true stories from horse lovers around the globe that demonstrate some type of profound life lesson learned through the experience. Whether it be learning to overcome adversity, the power of tenacity and commitment to finding humor in life or learning to say good-bye to a cherished friend, each of these stories in each of these books will touch your heart, warm your soul and provide you with life lessons about success that will change you for the better.
Life is What Happens While you are Making Plans!
Our original "plan" with the Horse Tales for the Soul book was to highlight the hundreds of stories that Bonnie Marlewski-Probert has lived through in her career AND include some stories from horse lovers around the globe. However, as the stories started pouring in, Bonnie changed the plan... "As you will notice, I have a couple of my own stories in Volume One and NONE in Volume Two and just a few throughout the rest of the series. There is a reason for that.... I bumped myself out of my own book because the stories that were coming in were so fabulous and since I have already published more than 1000 magazine articles, there was no reason in the world for me to hog the limelight. I soon came to realize that the series had taken on a life of its own and it was my job to be a good steward for all of these authors and their stories and that is what I have focused on ever since." Said Bonnie.
Click Here to purchase your personally autographed copies of all seven Horse Tales for the Soul books and now the new audio book series!
K&B started publishing the first Horse Tales for the Soul books in 2000. Our goal was to produce one book with respected teacher/trainer and speaker, Bonnie Marlewski-Probert and then move our attention into the Dog/Cat markets with a similar product line.
However, much to our surprise, when our author, Bonnie Marlewski-Probert sent out the word to the media that she was looking for stories for a new book, we were inundated with amazing, true stories from horse lovers around the globe.
One book, led to two, which has since led us to the most recent, volume 7 and we are asked every week, when are we going to produce volume 8!
History of the Series
"The idea for the Horse Tales for the Soul books came in 2000 while writing one of my two syndicated monthly columns for the horse industry. The column focused on one of my school string horses named "Leo". He was an ex-Polo Pony/now school horse who had a heart of gold and was so generous and laid back that, as I mentioned in the column, had he been a guy, he would have been the kind of guy you went out for a beer with on Friday nights after work! After that column appeared in magazines around the country, among my normal reader mail, I received two very special letters from readers that touched my heart, and changed my life.
These two letters stood out because both of them included stories about a special horse in their life and ended with a similar statement, "after reading your column, I knew you would understand my story." And they were right, I did." Said Bonnie Marlewski-Probert.
Each of those stories had been written by a normal, caring horse lover who had lived through an amazing, life changing event with their own horse and had never shared the story with anyone before. Both stories were overflowing with life lessons that anyone could relate to (whether you were into horses or not). Both stories were so heartwarming and wonderful that no one could have read them without CRYING! After having a good cry, I wondered how many other fabulous stories were out there that no one knew about because no one was sharing them? That was the day the Horse Tales for the Soul books were born!"
Why These Books are SO Unique
What makes this series of books, and now audio books, so unique and special is the fact that Bonnie Marlewski-Probert, a seasoned rider, trainer, teacher and speaker for the horse world read and selected every story in every book personally. As a teacher for more than 20 years, her focus was not just on training riders to be successful on horseback, her real mission has always been to focus on teaching life lessons to her students that could be applied to enhance every area of their life and she used the Horse to teach those lessons. Her approach to teaching mirrors the approach taken by great football or baseball coaches who use the sport as their opportunity to teach boys to be men and girls to be women and individuals to be team players. These are the life skills that once learned, provide students with all the tools they need to live extraordinarily successful lives in business, in their personal endeavors, oh, and by the way, on horseback!
The Horse Tales for the Soul books take this teaching philosophy to the next level by sharing true stories from horse lovers around the globe that demonstrate some type of profound life lesson learned through the experience. Whether it be learning to overcome adversity, the power of tenacity and commitment to finding humor in life or learning to say good-bye to a cherished friend, each of these stories in each of these books will touch your heart, warm your soul and provide you with life lessons about success that will change you for the better.
Life is What Happens While you are Making Plans!
Our original "plan" with the Horse Tales for the Soul book was to highlight the hundreds of stories that Bonnie Marlewski-Probert has lived through in her career AND include some stories from horse lovers around the globe. However, as the stories started pouring in, Bonnie changed the plan... "As you will notice, I have a couple of my own stories in Volume One and NONE in Volume Two and just a few throughout the rest of the series. There is a reason for that.... I bumped myself out of my own book because the stories that were coming in were so fabulous and since I have already published more than 1000 magazine articles, there was no reason in the world for me to hog the limelight. I soon came to realize that the series had taken on a life of its own and it was my job to be a good steward for all of these authors and their stories and that is what I have focused on ever since." Said Bonnie.
Click Here to purchase your personally autographed copies of all seven Horse Tales for the Soul books and now the new audio book series!