Arno and his Horse — Jane Godwin

Arno and his Horse is a beautifully written rhyming text, matched with exquisite illustrations, that explores love, memory, loss and the power objects can hold.

Arno had a horse
It was brown and it was black.
He took it with him everywhere
But did he bring it back?

When Arno loses the wooden toy horse his grandfather made him, he looks everywhere for it: by the river, at the playground, at the shop. As he searches through his outback hometown, he remembers the things he and his grandfather used to do together.