![ELLA teaching children and young adults to read](http://horsesforliteracy.com/images/home011.gif)
- a way to interest children in reading and history, and
- to provide a “job” for their growing herd of 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
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. ![Visit Us!](http://horsesforliteracy.com/images/visitus.gif)
We currently finance the care of all of our animals out of pocket to keep the animals happy and healthy. Any 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 tell their stories!
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