Sat down yesterday to read
The Little White Horse for the first time.

It's easy to see why this book has such a good reputation
decades after it was published.
The writing is exceptional, well-thought and deliberate.
The mythology is familiar and magical.
The characters are delineated in loving detail.
The animals, whether mundane or magical, are characters in their own right.

More than one television/film adaptation exists of this book;
the book remains better known,
and better regarded, than the attempts to adapt it for television.

Don't want to spoil it, but suffice to say
that the little white horse is something much more than a horse.