About the author
Sheryn Dee is an Australian author. She started acting for Australian television and radio at the age of 13, and writing for radio two years later. She has worked as secondary school teacher, and worked in communication psychology (neuro linguistic programming).
She now works principally as a screenwriter, and has adapted books for the stage, including Come Danger Come Darkness for the BBC, and has won several film and television awards. The only children’s pony books she has written (that I have been able to find) are her Magic books. These are aimed at the earliest readers, and are good solid reads. They will not set your literary world alight, but they are charming stories, gently humorous, and good bedtime reading. The books were originally published in Australia as the Aussie Pony Tales series, and were republished (and retitled) in the UK by Catnip as the Magic series.
Finding the books
All in print in the UK – they no longer appear to be so in Australia.
Links and sources
Austlit
Sheryn Dee on IMDB
Series
Aussie Pony Tales
Best Day/Sleepy Lizard
After the Storm/Helping Out
Bush Picnic/Magic Mixture
Magic Goes to School/The New Moon
The Magic Series
Magic Goes to School,
Magic Helps Out
Magic and the Best Day
Magic Goes to School,
You’ll Wish You Had a Pony Like Magic!
Bibliography (pony books only)
Aussie Pony Tales 1: Best Day & Sleepy Lizard
HarperCollins Australia, Sydney, 2003, 64 pp, illus Matt Cosgrove
Magic and the Best Day
Catnip Books, London, 2007
The Best Day: Jessie’s dream comes true when she’s given a pony – Magic – and is taught how to ride him. In Sleepy Lizard, Jessie goes on an adventure withMagic outside the farm, which she’s absolutely not supposed to do.
Aussie Pony Tales 2: After the Storm & Helping Out
HarperCollins Australia, Sydney, 2003, 64 pp, illus Matt Cosgrove
Magic Helps Out
Catnip Books, London, 2007
After The Storm: after a dramatic storm, Jessie and Magic find a tiny bird. But what do they do now?
Helping Out: after Mum and Dad have a new baby, Jessie decides to help by moving the sheep. The sheep however have a different idea.
Aussie Pony Tales 3: Bush Picnic & Magic Mixture
HarperCollins Australia, Sydney, 2004, 63 pp, illus Matt Cosgrove
Magic Mixture
Catnip Books, London, 2007
Bush Picnic: Jessie knows the best place for a picnic – the Murray River. But then Magic decides to wander off into the river.
Looking After Magic: something’s wrong with Magic – he doesn’t flick his tail as usual when Jessie goes to take him his feed.
Aussie Pony Tales 4: Magic Goes to School & The New Moon
HarperCollins Australia, Sydney, 2004, 63 pp, illus Matt Cosgrove
Magic Goes to School
Catnip Books, London, 2007
Magic Goes to School: it’s crazy colour day at school, and Jessie is all ready for it.When the car has a flat tyre, she decides to ride Magic to school.
The New Moon: funny things happen when there’s a full moon. Jessie’s Mum’s about to have her baby, but no one can find Dad.
You’ll Wish You Had a Pony Like Magic!
Catnip Books, London, 2007
Contains all the Magic stories.
