About the author
Sarah KilBride is a primary school teacher, so has plenty of opportunities to observe just what small children like. As well as writing plays for children, she’s written the Princess Evie’s Ponies series. Princess Evie and her kitten Sparkles ride off on a different magical pony in each book. Sarah moved to London when she was eighteen and trained to be an actress: she appeared in several television programmes, films and theatre, and then starting developing theatre workshops for children. She enjoyed it so much she trained to be a teacher.
Finding the books
Easy to find: all appear to be in print, and are available as ebooks.
Links and sources
Sarah KilBride’s website
The Princess Evie series (no longer accessible)
Series
Princess Evie’s Ponies
Neptune the Magic Sea Pony
Silver the Magic Snow Pony
Willow the Magic Forest Pony
Star the Magic Sand Pony
Shimmer the Magic Ice Pony
Indigo the Magic Rainbow Pony
Diamond the Magic Unicorn
Confetti the Magic Wedding Pony
Sprinkles the Magic Cupcake Pony
Bibliography
Neptune the Magic Sea Pony
Simon & Schuster, London, 2009, 25 pp, illlus Sophie Tilley (includes fold-out paper pony)
Princess Evie and Sparkles, the kitten, are whisked away on the back of Neptune the
Magic Sea Pony to an undersea world where they help a mermaid to find her special
pink pearl – just in time for the Mermaid Queen’s Parade.
Silver the Magic Snow Pony
Simon & Schuster, London, 2009, 25 pp, illlus Sophie Tilley (includes fold-out paper pony)
Silver the magic snow pony takes Evie and Sparkles off to his snowy world. There
they dance with the snow fairies on the lake, and help a little polar bear who’s lost.
Willow the Magic Forest Pony
Simon & Schuster, London, 2010, 25 pp, illlus Sophie Tilley (includes free pony)
Willow the Magic Pony takes Evie and Sparkles off to the Bluebell Forest. The poor
fairies there need their help, as someone stole their costumes, and they can’t have
a fashion show without them.
Star the Magic Sand Pony
Simon & Schuster, London, 2010, 25 pp, illlus Sophie Tilley (includes fold-out paper pony)
Here there’s a hot, magical desert world, where the Kasbah Castle is the doorway
to another fantastical adventure.
Shimmer the Magic Ice Pony
Simon & Schuster, London, 2011, 26 pp, illlus Sophie Tilley (includes fold-out paper pony)
Shimmer takes Evie and Sparkles off to a land of snow and ice for another magical
adventure.
Indigo the Magic Rainbow Pony
Simon & Schuster, London, 2012, 26 pp, illlus Sophie Tilley (includes fold-out paper pony)
Evie and Sparkles journey off to a grey gloomy world, where they help put the rainbow back.
Diamond the Magic Unicorn
Simon & Schuster, London, 2012, 25 pp, illlus Sophie Tilley (includes fold-out paper pony)
Princess Evie and Sparkles, the kitten find themselves in a world of cloud sprites
and unicorns, where Evie is invited to take part in the Unicorn Games. But will
Diamond be good enough to win a prize?
Confetti the Magic Wedding Pony
Simon & Schuster, London, 2012, 26 pp, illlus Sophie Tilley (includes fold-out paper pony)
Princess Bella, Princess Evie and Sparkles create a lovely wedding for Bella’s sister.
Confetti the magic wedding pony, pulls the carriage, and they hope they’ll be able to
find Bella’s pet dragon so that he can do the fireworks at the end of the celebrations.
Sprinkles the Magic Cupcake Pony
Simon & Schuster, London, 2013, 32 pp, illlus Sophie Tilley
Princess Evie and Sparkles, the kitten, help their friend Fizz find the ingredients for
four magic cupcakes. Will they be able to find them before the baking competition?
