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Pony book authors, illustrators, magazines and much more
A Pony for Sale
You always hope when you sell a pony that it will go well – A Pony for Sale is a thoroughly realistic picture of what can happen, even with the best of intentions. At last, of course, the understanding rider who knows what she’s doing does appear.
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Janet Must Ride
Working with horses in the 1950s: Diana Pullein-Thompson’s wonderful story of Janet and her struggles to get somewhere in the horse world.
eBook and paperback versions are out now
New website section
Picture story libraries: June, Bunty, Schoolfriend and more
Featured author
Sarah Bowes-Lyon
First book published when you were only thirteen? It did happen.
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Dream of the Dance
“a perfect continuation of the Jinny at Finmory series” (Karen, JBB website)
“I couldn’t put it down, it’s absolutely brilliant” (MB, Facebook)
“all characters instantly recognisable, and yet also noticeable they have moved forward” (GD, Facebook)
Siรขn Shipley’s brilliant imagining of what Jinny did next
eBook and paperback out now
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Jumping ponies of long ago
Most of us can probably remember Stroller – the remarkable pony who won Olympic medals with Marion Mould (or Coakes). There’s something particularly special about seeing a pony a good couple of hands smaller than its competitors winning despite the odds. There are other famous jumping ponies, who were around long before Stroller. I have…
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Winning a Pony โ Kathleen Mackenzie, Prize Pony
Hereโs another in my series on winning a pony via the medium of pony books โ because every pony-mad child who doesn’t have a pony dreams of getting one. And if you couldn’t afford to buy one, then winning one in a competition might just make your dream come true. The first competition tied to…
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The observation of horses
a guest post from Janet Rising Car journey boredom is not something from which I suffer, for there are always horses to see! As a young child, even before I swapped a shilling for I-Spy Horses & Ponies, my head would swivel from right to left on any car journey. I was, and still am, an equine-seeking missile.…
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