Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (books not included). Pages: 24. Chapters: Aussie Bites, Novels by Andy Griffiths, Silver Brumby, Mary Poppins, Bumageddon: The Final Pongflict, Blinky Bill, The Magic Pudding, Seven Little Australians, The Day My Bum Went Psycho, Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Dot and the Kangaroo, Zombie Bums from Uranus, Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left, Playing Beatie Bow, Cairo Jim, Bottersnikes and Gumbles, Undone, Just Shocking!, People Might Hear You, Ten Things I Hate About Me, The Very Bad Book, Hills End, Tiger Tale, Storm Boy, Aussie Chomps, How to Make a Bird, The Naked Ghost, Burp! and Blue Jam, How Hedley Hopkins Did a Dare..., The Puggle Tales, Naughty Stories for Good Boys and Girls, The Poppykettle Papers, Hating Alison Ashley, Snap!, Pop!, The Underdog, Old Telly Time, Blind Trek, No Place for Grubbs!, Captain Clawbeak, Boots and All, Ash Road, Stella by the Sea. Excerpt: The Silver Brumby series is a collection of children's books by Australian author Elyne Mitchell. They recount the life and adventures of Thowra, a magnificent pale brumby stallion, and his descendants, and are set in the Snowy Mountains region of Australia. A wise cream mare, mother of Thowra and good friends with Mirri, Storm's mother. Bel Bel runs with the stallion Yarraman, and in some cases is entrusted to go ahead and guide. Bel Bel, like Thowra, is fearful of people, although in her case because she had always been hunted for her unusual colouration. She showed her son Thowra the ways of the hunted life, passing all her wisdom to him, which in turn Thowra passed down to his mare, Boon Boon, his daughter, Kunama, and his grandson, Baringa. He also tried to pass it down to his son, Lightning, and one of his favorite mares, Golden. Bel Bel is ofte described as a 'lone wolf' and dies on her own on the Ramshead Range, after one final chase. Thowra is a creamy-silver stallion, son of the flaxen chestnut stallion Yarraman and the palomino mare Bel Bel. Being born in a storm, his dam named him the Aboriginal word for 'Wind' not only for the gale outside when he was born, but because she was worried he would have to be as fast as the wind to remain free. The majority of brumbies in the southern areas of Australia being black, bay, grey and chestnut, the appearance of a cream horse causes quite a stir among wild herds and humans alike. Thowra is met with open hostility from other horses, stallions in particular, while the men of the mountains quickly become obsessed with trying to capture him for his rarity. To survive, Thowra is forced to become more cunning than both horse and man. Though he is mentioned in nearly every Silver Brumby book, Thowra is only a main character in The Silver Brumby (and Silver Brumby Whirlwind), where he wins Golden for his mate, defeats the powerful stallion The Brolga, and becomes King of the Cascade Brumbies. However, there is always the