Pollock, Penny

About the author

Penny Pollock has written several children’s books, among them the wonderfully titled Ants Don’t Get Sunday Off. She has written (as far as I know) one horse book.

Finding the book
Easy to find in both its printings.

Links and sources
Terri A. Wear: Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibliography, Scarecrow Press, 1987
Many thanks to Lisa Catz for the picture.


Bibliography (horse books only)


Stall Buddies

Putnam, New York, 1984, 63 pp, illus Gail Owens
Scholastic, pb, 1987

Bud finds a goat, called Merabel, to be a stall buddy for the mare Scarlett, who is very nervous. Rufus the rooster is another stall buddy, and between them they calm Scarlett down so she can perform her best as a trotter.