About the author
Lynd Ward (1905–1985) was an American illustrator and storyteller. He was born in Chicago, and studied fine arts at Columbia Teachers’ College. He was inspired to create wordless novels after he read Otto Nückel’s Destiny, and in 1929, he published Gods’ Man. The first American wordless novel, it sold more than 20,000 copies, despite being published shortly before the Wall Street Crash. Ward went on to write several more wordless novels, including one for children, The Silver Pony (1973), which is a horse story.
Finding the book
Easy to find.
Links and sources
Lynd Ward on Wikipedia
Thanks to Lisa Catz for the photograph and summary.
Bibliography (horse books only)
The Silver Pony – A Story in Pictures
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973, 174 pp.
This is a book just of pictures, with no text. It’s the story of a lonely boy whose only company seems to be the animals on the farm. When he sees a silver pony with wings, his father punishes him for fibbing. However, when the boy goes out to collect apples, the pony comes to him and together they set about doing good, until one day the boy falls from the pony. His parents find him, and when the boy is allowed up again, he finds he has a present – a pony of his own.
