They Bought Her a Pony
by Joanna Cannan
Classic pony books
Available again
There are over 40 titles out now. Coming soon:
Caroline Akrill: Inside Pegasus (Showing series 4) – out in October 2021, and on preorder soon
Jane Badger: Jill and the Pony Club – 18 November 2021
Josephine Pullein-Thompson: A Job with Horses – January 2022
Christine Pullein-Thompson: The Horse Sale – February 2022
Many titles are also now available on Kobo.
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Joanna Cannan
They Bought Her a Pony
Authors A–Z is where you'll find information on pony book authors: the encyclopaedia part of the site
Not all authors have yet been moved over to this site, particularly American authors. You can still find my old site here.
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Author Jane Badger
Heroines on Horseback
The pony book galloped onto the children’s book scene with a flick of its rosetted bridle, and has remained a fixture ever since. Brave girls and nervous ones, scruffy ponies and ornaments of the show ring cantered through pony tale after pony tale, all fallen upon by an audience desperate to read anything that reflected their own passion for the pony.
Books, Mud and Compost. And Horses. Read my blog here.
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Pony Tales and Puffin Books III
Eleanor Graham retired as editor of Puffin Books in 1961. Her place was taken, briefly, by Margaret Clark (who was…
Pony Tales and Puffin Books II
Puffin Picture Books to me had it just right. Their illustrations were things of simple beauty. They weren’t in any…
Pony Tales and Puffin Books I
When I wrote Heroines on Horseback, I looked briefly at the impact that the development of paperback publishing had on the…
About Jane Badger
I’m a freelance writer, editor and proof reader. I’ve written Heroines on Horseback (2019), a gallop through the pony book in children’s fiction, and have written the world’s largest website on equine literature.
I’ve now started a publishing company to bring back the classics of pony fiction.