Billy and Blaze

{{Short description|1936 children's book}}

{{One source|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Billy and Blaze

| image = Billy and Blaze.jpg

| caption = 1936 Macmillan edition

| author = Clarence William Anderson

| illustrator = Clarence William Anderson

| cover_artist = Anderson

| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Billy and Blaze

| genre = Children's book

| publisher = Collier Books, Later, Macmillan, Later Aladdin Paperbacks

| release_date = 1936

| media_type = Print (paperback)

| pages =

| isbn = 0-689-71608-7

| dewey= [E] 20

| congress= PZ7.A524 Bi 1992

| oclc= 24247447

| followed_by = Blaze and the Gypsies

}}

Billy and Blaze is a children's picture book that was written and illustrated in 1936 by Clarence William Anderson.{{cite book |last1=Hahn |first1=Daniel |title=The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature |date=2015 |publisher=Oxford. University Press |isbn=9780198715542 |pages=68–69 |edition=2nd}} Published by MacMillian Books, it is the first of a series of eleven books and is Anderson's most well known work. The book is about a little boy, Billy, and his pony, Blaze, who he receives as a birthday gift in this book. The adventures of Billy and Blaze revolved around proper care of the horse, while teaching a lesson. Anderson would go to great lengths to give accurate information. Some other titles in the series are Blaze and the Gypsies, Blaze and the Forest Fire, and Blaze Finds the Way. All of the titles in the series included full-page illustrations and easy to read text.