Tony was all white,

large, sturdy,

with wide gentle eyes

and a ton of love . . .

it was early in the morning

around three a.m.,

but I was up, and would

go out and pat Tony with

my gentle arms,

and his head would bow down

A touching tale of a boy and a horse, by the late poet Ed Galing and illustrated with remarkable tenderness by Caldecott winning artist Erin Stead.