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Jill’s ponies – a quiz
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Villians in the Jill books
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Jill quiz – the answers
1. If you ever see a mauve-coloured pony loose in the New Forest, it is probably Happy Dawn Pony Jobs for Jill 2. Tschiffely’s Ride is a book you ought to read Jill Has Two Ponies 3. An ounce of practice is worth a ton of theory Jill Enjoys Her Ponies 4. A double show…
Was Jill’s pony black or piebald?
And what was his name? When Jill fans get together, there is one topic that always exercises them. Was Jill’s pony, Black Boy, black, or was he piebald, and was his name Black Boy or Danny Boy? The answer is ‘both’, and that it depends on what edition of the books you read. The original…
The Jill books ride again
One of the questions I used to get asked quite often as a publisher of classic pony books was, ‘Why aren’t the Jill books available?’ The last time the Jill books were in print was when Fidra Books managed to license the rights in the 2010s, and printed the first few of the series. And…
Jill: the Reading Order Question
If you have a set of the paperback Jill books, and you’ve been busy replacing them with the hardback versions, you might have noticed that the reading order is different in the original hardbacks. The original publication and reading order of the Jill books is: The Knight paperbacks have altered this reading order. In the…
Seven pony book myths
Lauren Brooke wrote the Heartland series Lauren Brooke is a pseudonym used by three authors: Linda Chapman (whose idea the series was) wrote most of the books in the series, with Gill Harvey and Elisabeth Grace contributing some titles. Linda wasn’t responsible for the Chestnut Hill books. Those were written by Catherine Hapka and Elisabeth…
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,…