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The 1960s pony book
The 1960s was another productive decade for pony books; at least as far as the number published went. Carrying on Many authors active in the 1950s kept on writing: Mary Gervaise and Judith M Berrisford added to their series fiction. Neither the Georgia not Jackie series opened gates to new pastures. Georgia carried on having secure, family-based adventures; Jackie…
Heroines on Horseback: what’s in it?
CHAPTER 1: ‘I Remember the Day I was Born’ How it all began: what was the earliest pony book written? And who was responsible for moving the genre away from trotting obediently in the footsteps of Black Beauty, with pony biography after pony biography? This chapter looks at authors like Eleanor Helme, Marjorie Mary Oliver, Golden…
Heroines on Horseback: FAQ
What is the book about? It’s a look at the pony book from its earliest trot up until the 1970s. All the major authors are featured: Ruby Ferguson, the Pullein-Thompsons, K M Peyton, Monica Edwards and Monica Dickens, and many more. There’s a chapter looking at the development of the pony book in this century,…
Black Beauty’s Family: how to sort the stories out
If you’re trying to collect all the Pullein-Thompson sisters’ stories, you will hit a stumbling block when it comes to their Black Beauty’s family series. Publishing history The series has a rather tangled publishing history. Some, but not all, of the stories were published separately, but some saw the light of day only in collections.…