Paint - Softcover

Jennifer Dance was born in England and holds a B.Sc. in Agriculture and Animal Science from the University of the West Indies. She migrated to Canada in 1979. With family in the Native community, Jennifer has a passion for equality and justice for all people. Her first novel, Red Wolf, was endorsed by Giller Prize–winning author Joseph Boyden. An avid environmentalist, Jennifer lives on a small farm in Stouffville, Ontario.

Paint is an excellent book for horse lovers, young girls, and has enough adventure to keep the interest of young boys. (Rick Revelle, author of I Am Algonquin)

This book is well written [and] very entertaining.... The story is emotionally engaging as the reader comes to care about the horse Paint and her handlers. (Resource Links)

A painted mustang gives us a glimpse into how life used to be on the prairie...it's a great read. (Rob Her Many Horses, Lower Brule Lakota)

Dance’s voice, on behalf of the horse, is authentic...the reader becomes engaged and invested in the story and characters. (Horse Canada Magazine)

Dance has found a way to tackle...complex topics, as well as provide a history lesson, that is not only understandable to children, but also interesting. What’s Dance’s secret? Animals. (Stouffville Sun-Tribune)

Jennifer Dance's Paint is a North American Black Beauty...Paint, the story of a mustang...has a social purpose, that of revealing the genocide and environmental destruction that occurred on the North American Great Plains in the late 19th century. (Canadian Materials)