About the author
Karin Nowak (b.1936 ) was born in London. She was sent to prep school at a young age, and from 1940–46, she lived in a children’s hostel for children whose mothers were doing war work. It was this experience on which she based her book, telling of life as she remembered it. The book was written when she was 14, aimed at children of her own age, and is dedicated to the Pullein-Thompson sisters, who taught her to ride. She carried on writing as an adult, producing three further books for Harrap: The Children’s Book of Russian Folk Tales (1961), The Children’s St Francis, (1963) and New York Holiday (1971).
Finding the book
Not particularly difficult to find.
Bibliiography: pony books only
Cantering Through, George G Harrap & Co Ltd, London, 1951, illus Dick and Joan Robinson. 118 pp. Colour frontis.
Sources and links
Biographical information in Cantering Through
Bibliography
Cantering Through
George G Harrap & Co Ltd, London, 1951, illus Dick and Joan Robinson. 118 pp. Colour frontis.
Marian lives in a hostel, a temporary home for children whose mothers were doing war work in a nearby town. Marian and her friends find a dog; he isn’t allowed to stay at the hostel, but is fostered with Pam, who turns out to run the local riding school. Marian is allowed to start riding, and half the hostel get “riding mania”.
