Local Journalism Initiative
“Chasing Painted Horses” is 2021 One Book One Aurora pick
As he headed in the direction of a fairground attraction, five-year-old Drew Hayden Taylor stopped in his tracks to look at a small horse taking his fellow youngsters for a “ride” in small circles. It was tethered in place, limited to that circle, day in and day out. “It just looked down and never looked up,” Hayden Taylor recalls decades later. “Even as a little kid, it looked so sad to me.” It may have just been a daytrip to Campbellford he took with his grandfather, but this takeaway was anything but. Over the years, this horse has fuelled both his imagination and his creativity. Now, the resulting novel, Chasing Painted Horses, has been selected by the Aurora Public Library (APL) as its One Book One Aurora selection for 2021. One Book One Aurora is APL’s initiative to get all of…
