by Laura Hargis (Author), Tori Wheeler (Illustrator)

Patches is a Shetland Pony who works giving kids rides at fairs and carnivals. He loves his job. Then one day, the old man doesn't come back, and the other ponies start leaving one by one for new homes. But Patches is the smallest pony, and no one wants him. He is taken to an auction yard, where there are no kids to give rides to. The day of the auction comes, the noise and activity scares Patches, but when he enters the auction ring...he hears one very small, very precious voice.