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The Little Red Pony

Bouhys, Mies & Ridge, Antonia, Ridge, Antonia
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Bouhys, Mies & Ridge, Antonia,

Ridge, Antonia
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Harrap

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The Little Red Pony

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Farmer Klauss is tricked into taking a little red pony in exchange for his two good work horses, when a group of gypsies convince him the pony has unusual magic powers.

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Publishing history
George G Harrap & Co, London, 1960, 89 pp, illus Dick De Wilde
Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1962, 94 pp, illus Dick De Wilde

Farmer Klauss is tricked into taking a little red pony in exchange for his two good work horses when a group of gypsies convince him the pony has unusual magic powers. When the farmer discovers the pony is just a pony, he enlists the help of his wife, his cowherd and a policeman to recover his good horses. The little gipsy girl Rosalita misses her little red pony, and helps the farmer and the others play a magic trick of their own on the gypsies.

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Mies Bouhuys and Antonia Ridge

Bouhys, Mies & Ridge, Antonia

Mies Bouhys (1928–2008) was a Dutch author, scriptwriter and television director. She was a prize winning poet, but was best known for her children’s books. Co-author of The Little Red Pony (1960), Antonia Ridge (1895–1981) was a broadcaster and writer, and was also Dutch born. She was educated in the Netherlands and England, and  received the Writer’s Guild Award in 1969 for a radio play. Bouhuys and Ridge collaborated on several titles: Hurrah for a Dutch Birthday and Melodia as well as The Little Red Pony.

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Links and sources
Thanks to Lisa Catz for the photograph and summary.
Wikipedia on Mies Bouhuys
Biographical information on Antonia Ridge
20th Century Children’s Writers, Third Edition

Ridge, Antonia