A Horse Named Steve (Steve the Horse)

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Steve certainly thinks he is more than exceptional-- whether young readers agree would make a great conversation. The illustrations matched the characters perfectly and the story was as entertaining as it was informative. As you may have imagined from the title, the story follows a horse named Steve who is on a desperate mission to become exceptional. A Horse Named Steve is a hilarious tale, short, sweet and bags of fun, kids will love the chatty notes which explain big words, such as, ‘devastated’ that means, ‘really, really bummed’, and Steve’s outrageous and laugh-out-loud antics.

Because even though the animals scoff at Steve, you notice in the illustrations they all start tying other things to their heads to be more exceptional. Colin: In these pitches you’ve got one minute to impress somebody before they decide either “this is boring” or “I love this.

The silliness of the books is what drew Nelvana to the property, says Athena Georgaklis, VP of Nelvana Studios. Colin Williams, creative director at Sixteen South, says he discovered the IP in a recent Kidscreen roundup of book titles available for option.

When Steve finds a beautiful gold horn in the forest, he realizes he has found his path to the exceptional! Fortunately, he encounters a “beautiful gold horn” lying on the ground, claps his hooves, affixes said horn to his head, and races off to brag to the forest critters. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. For children, the use of fun verbs such as these, help to invoke a picture of the story in their minds and get them to actively engage with Steve’s emotions. Neo liked this one, but thought the horse was a little weird, particularly when he stopped wanting to be a regular horse.When Steve's first plan for making himself noticeable doesn't work out, he simply finds another way: being exactly who he already is! Throughout the story, Collier interweaves humorous commentary and some definitions (such as for devastated: “That means really, really bummed. We decided to keep Steve looking as close as possible to how he looks in the book, and then do bright, colorful backgrounds. I loved the book from start to finish and now I feel that I am truly an EXCEPTIONAL (and ORIGINAL ) blogger, no props needed.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.For several days, producers have the chance to pitch projects in front of broadcasters, investors and other potential partners from all over the world. Kidscreen title, tagline and logo are trademarks of, and the events are produced by Brunico Marketing Inc. However, by the end of his journey, he discovers that all his worrying was unnecessary – he was exceptional all along! Blue explains that “clouds bump and tumble in the sky, / but here inside we’re warm and dry, / and all the thirsty plants below / will get a drink to help them grow! When he does discover that the horn is missing (or so he thinks), he is distraught - without the horn, how can he demonstrate to others how special he is?