
- a way to interest children in reading and history, and
- to provide a home and a purpose for unwanted(*) miniature horses and miniature donkeys.
“One child in four grows up not knowing how to read.”
E.L.L.A.’s mission
is to link unwanted
miniature and large equines as book ambassadors with children and young adults as a way to discover and foster the desire to read and learn of the people, places and events that have shaped the history of the Old and New American West and also Biblical history.
As part of E.L.L.A., each horse and donkey is known as a representative/ambassador/storyteller for certain books (biographies, classic horse stories, Old West history-fiction and nonfiction, bible related stories, etc.). Many are biographical storytellers, helping children and young adults learn life lessons and values through reading about the lives of certain people from the past. Each horse and donkey becomes a visual tangible physical connection to the books for a child or young adult. There is a READ TO A HORSE program in the process of being developed as well as a READING REWARDS PROGRAM. 
We currently finance the care of all of our animals out of pocket and rely on donations to keep the animals happy and healthy. All donated money goes strictly to the care and feeding of the animals. We do not take compensation for the work we do. Please donate to help the animals!
*”Horses which are no longer wanted by their current owner because they are old, injured, sick, unmanageable, fail to meet their owner’s expectations (e.g. performance, color or breed) or their owner can no longer afford them.” The Unwanted Horse Coalition return to top