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Missing Matilda

Vaughan, Carol
Author

Vaughan, Carol
Publisher

Blackie
Series

Matilda

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Missing Matilda

Vaughan, Carol

When Mary Ann and Jimmy learn that Matilda is to be sold to an unscrupulous dealer, they decide to kidnap and hide her. But Matilda is a great, grey Percheron carthorse and feeding and taking care of such a spirited charge, while keeping her out of sight in a deserted windmill, takes all their ingenuity.

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Publishing history
Blackie, 1964, illus Constance Marshall
Knight, pb, 1977

The blurb: When Mary Ann and Jimmy learn that Matilda is to be sold to an unscrupulous dealer, they decide to kidnap and hide her. But Matilda is a great, grey Percheron carthorse and feeding and taking care of such a spirited charge, while keeping her out of sight in a deserted windmill, takes all their ingenuity. When Matilda’s hiding place is in danger ofdiscovery, Mary Ann has a brilliant idea: to enter the big horse in the fancy dress class at the local gymkhana. With Jimmy as her rider, she wins first prize, but her disguise is perfect and Matilda is still missing. On the last day of the holidays Mary Ann and Jimmy know a proud moment when Matilda is recognized as a true princess among carthorses and offered a fine new home.

The Matilda series
Missing Matilda
Two Foals for Matlida
Trekker’s Trail

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Carol Vaughan

Vaughan, Carol

Carol Vaughan isn’t particularly well known now: the first of her books about the Percheron, Matilda, was published in paperback but none of her other books, as far as I know, were. Books about heavy horses are not common, particularly Percherons. Carol Vaughan’s books are amongst the most attractive of pony books visually: I love Constance Marshall’s illustrations and the Michael Charlton one for King of the Castle is a delight.

Carol Vaughan’s output doesn’t look large, but she was a regular fixture in Pony Magazine, Pony Magazine Annual and The Pony Club Annual, turning out many, many short stories.

Finding the books
Most of the books are easy to find, apart from Dancing Horse, which can be tricky.

The Matilda Series
Missing Matilda
Two Foals for Matlida
Trekker’s Trail