Pony Club Challenge
Classic pony books
Available again
There are 28 titles out now, including:
Josephine Pullein-Thompson
Pony Club Cup, Pony Club Challenge, Pony Club Trek (all available or on pre-order)
Show Jumping Secret, I Had Two Ponies, Prince Among Ponies (available on pre-order in the autumn)
Most titles are also now available on Kobo.
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Josephine Pullein-Thompson
Pony Club Challenge
The Woodbury Pony Club have been challenged to take part in a tetrathlon by the neighbouring Cranford Vale Pony Club. It’s going to mean a lot of training, fast. Their cross country is improving, but that’s not going to be enough, and they only have three weeks to improve their swimming, running and target shooting. They’re starting to get better, but then a disastrous attempt to practise threatens to ruin everything …
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.
The blacksmith’s, Roxby
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Jackie Hance: a remarkable child rider
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Camden Stables – in Search of Horse Ghosts
In most towns and cities, you can probably, if you look hard enough, find evidence of the working horse, even…
Vintage Riding Schools – Heather Hall
This blog initially appeared on my old website, which is gradually being transferred. I’m attempting to break what has been…
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.