About the author
Suzanne Weyn was born in New York, educated at Pace University and has taught at New York University and City College. She has worked on many series books for children: Barbie, and Scooby Doo; she’s written on ballet and of course horses. She’s contributed to a series: Breyer Stablemates (which I think came with a model horse) and has also written a series of her own, Wildwood Stables, which has been published both in the USA and UK.
Her latest books are a mixture of “history, romance and the supernatural.”
Finding the books
All are easy to find, and most are in print.
Links and sources
Suzanne Weyn’s website
Series
Wildwood Stables
Daring to Dream
Playing for Keeps
Racing Against Time
Learning to Fly
Stealing the Prize
Taking the Leap
Bibliography (horse books only)
Wild Horse Run
Price Stern Sloan, 1993, Los Angeles, 64 pp
Adventures with Barbie
Snowflake
Scholastic, New York, 2006, 33 pp, illus Jacqueline Rogers
Breyer Stablemates series
Three girls who help out at Fox Creek Farm try to find a way to pay for a new winter rug needed by a Percheron horse new to the stables.
Diamond
Scholastic, New York, 2009, illus Elisabeth Alba
Breyer Stablemates series
No one wants to ride Diamond the Arabian because she’s too old, but Ava decides to take care of her, and spends time with her warming her up before easy trail rides. The other riders don’t understand why Ava would waste her time with such a slow, old horse. However, when the stable holds its annual trail race, Ava signs up Diamond. Is Diamond too old to win?
Daring to Dream
Scholastic, New York, 2010, 163 pp.
Taylor Henry loves horses, but her mother can’t afford riding lessons, much less a horse. Then Taylor finds an abandoned horse and pony. However, the rescued animals have nowhere to go, and Taylor doesn’t have much time to find them somewhere.
Playing for Keeps
Scholastic, New York, 2010, 163 pp.
Taylor Henry thinks Wildwood Stables is perfect, and it’s home to her and her horse, Prince Albert. Once she’s trained Prince to give lessons, Wildwood stables will be in business. Unfortunately, Prince will only let Taylor ride him. Can she convince Prince Albert to earn his keep? Or will Taylor need the help of her worst enemy to save her beloved new home?
Racing against Time
Scholastic, New York, 2010, 153 pp.
Taylor and the other girls at Wildwood Stables try to protect a horse from Plum Mason’s overtraining, while Taylor enjoys the progress she has made with Prince Albert.
Learning to Fly
Scholastic, New York, 2010, 163 pp.
The big competition Taylor’s been training so hard for is finally here, and everything is ready. The week before the event, Prince Albert gets colic. Taylor is devastated will she lose not only her dream of competing, but her horse?
Stealing the Prize
Scholastic, New York, 201, 1 pp.
Taylor Henry is thrilled to be in a real equestrian competition. Plum Mason has insisted on entering too. Taylor loves a challenge, but does Plum have a plan to steal the show?
Taking the Leap
Scholastic, New York, 2011, 162 pp.
When Daphne Chang, a riding instructor, receives an offer from a competing stable, Taylor risks losing a friend to save Wildwood Stables.
