Horse & Pony Stories -
Kingfisher Books, London, hb, 1992
Kingfisher Books, London, pb, illus Victor Ambrus, 256 pp.
Contents:
My Friend Flicka (extract): Mary O’Hara
The Wild Heart (extract): Helen Griffiths
Breed of Giants (extract): Joyce Stranger
Silver Blaze: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Black Beauty (extract) : Anna Sewell
Bellerophon: L S Hyde
Horse in the House (extract): William Corbin
Banks and Morocco: Ruth Manning Sanders
The Ghost in the Top Meadow: Christine Pullein-
Strider: The Story of a Horse (extract): Leo Tolstoy
A Wayside Adventure: C S Lewis (from A Horse and His Boy)
Rescue: Walter Farley (From The Black Stallion)
The Rocking-
Behold, the Palio!: Marguerite Henry (from Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio)
A Man Justly Popular: R D Blackmore (from Lorna Doone)
Follyfoot (extract): Monica Dickens
“Oh Cobweb, How Could You”: Josephine Pullein-
Red Morning: Joanna Cannan (from More Ponies for Jean)
War Horse (extract): Michael Morpurgo
The Brogue: Saki
Hamlyn Publishing, London, 1971, illus F D Phillips, 262 pp.
Various reprints done for retail organisations such as BHS
The Battle for Blandy Common -
Leave it to Lady -
Racing Rivals -
I Wanted a Pony -
The Ghost Horse of Hidden Valley -
Edited by Janet Barber
Sundial Books Ltd, London, 1979, 478 pp.
St Michael edition
The Forty Pound Pony -
The Old Grey Mare -
My Friend Flicka -
The Gipsies’ Pony -
Holly wood horses -
The Haunted Hunt -
Marengo and Copenhagen -
Carrot for a Chestnut -
The Pony’s Sixth Sense -
The Little Horses -
The Gymkhana -
A European Title -
The Connemara Donkey -
The Coop -
My Early Home -
Learning to Ride -
Bareback -
Ebony Joines the Circus -
The Queen Meets the Lipizzaners -
Silver Blaze -
A Horribly Horsey Daughter -
Jumper -
Jane Eyre Meets Mr Rochester -
The Pony Express -
Follyfoot Farm -
Mr Sponges’ Sporting Tour -
Red Rums’ First National -
Sweetbriar Turns a Somersault -
Shasta Sets out on His Travels -
International Show Jumping -
Mr Winkles’ Equestrian Adventure -
The Country of the Houyhnhnms -
Operation Sippacik -
The Cowboy -
The Storm Breaks -
Pony Stories for Girls -
Young World Productions Ltd, London, illus Michael Whittlesea, 154 pp.
This collection was written entirely by Edward Holmes.
Once Upon a Time There was a Pony
The Truth About the Coggledown Carnival
Magpie and the New Forest Foal
Soldier, Sailor and the Great Occasion
Frailie O’Learie and the Little Green Horse
Looking After the Old Gentleman
Who Says That They Don’t Understand?
The Battle of Bartley Heath
Maryinska and the Enchanted Prince
It’s Further on Two Legs Than on Four
The Great Trinket Kidnapping Plot
....and So the Wild Horses Had a King
The Gentleing of Mab Carew
You Can Get Very Fond of a Pony Like Tipsy
Where Do All the Rosettes Go?
Pony Tales -
DJ Murphy (Publishers) Ltd, 1988. Pb. 96 pp.
This book is a collection of short stories written by PONY Magazine contributor. The stories I presume first appeared in the magazine.
A Little Grey Foal -
The Treasure Seeker -
Midnight Stallion -
If Wishes Were Horses -
Joker’s Promise -
Saving Up -
The Runaway -
Good Prospects -
Emma -
Chosen by Christine Pullein-
Kingfisher, 2005, illus Victor Ambrus, cover Dawn Austin
Originally published as Thundering Hooves, Kingfisher, 1996
Then printed as More Horse and Pony Stories, kingfisher, 1998
The White Mustang -
Golden the Beautiful -
The Firebird, the Horse of Power and the Princess Vasilissa -
National Velvet -
The Broken Bridge -
A Ride with Mark -
Strawberry’s Adventure -
A Gaucho in the Pampa, A F Tschiffely
The Birth of a King -
The Sentinel -
The Hores Fair -
The Outlaw -
Phantom Hose Comes Home -
Animal Farm -
Midnight Stallion -
Snow to the Rescue -
A Star for a Lady -
Green Grass of Wyoming -
The Midwinter Gold Cup -
Billy Mosby’s Night Ride -
My Favourite Horse Stories -
Lutterworth Books, London, 1968
Beaver Books, 1976, 158 pp.
Monica Dickens -
Con O Leary -
Shakespeare -
Ivan Turgenev -
Susan Chitty -
Richard Harris Barham -
Dick Francis -
John Hislop -
Roy Campbell -
R C Lyle -
Leo Tolstoy -
G K Chesterton -
Dorian Williams -
R S Surtees -
R J Richardson -
Classic Horse and Pony Stories
Dorling Kinderseley, London, 1999
Chosen by Diana Pullein-
Live Cargoe -
Born in the Wild Wind -
Peagasus: Roger Lancelyn Green
A Foal for Candy -
My Breaking in -
The White Knight -
The Champions -
Post Time -
My Friend Flicka -
Jilll’s Gymkhana -
The First Man on Mancha’s Back -
Christine Pullein-
Piccolo, London, 1975, 155 pp. Illus Gareth Floyd, , cover Carol Lawson
The Wild White Horses -
Sure Magic -
A Matter of Background -
A Ride along the Icknield Way -
The Last of the Horsemen -
Princess at the Circus -
The Skeleton Rider -
The Summer Film -
My Welsh Pony -
Up in the Woods -
Pleasant, the Farm Horse -
The Scavenger Hunt -
The Puffin Book of Horse and Pony Stories
Puffin Books, 1993, hb, ed K M Peyton, illus Kay Hodges
Puffin Books, 1994, ed K M Peyton
A pony for Jean -
Silver Snaffles -
Rosina Copper -
The Black Brigade -
National Velvet -
Jump For Joy -
Horse Of Air -
Another pony for Jean -
Who Sir? Me Sir? -
Smoky -
The Kingfisher Book of Horse and Pony Stories
Kingfisher, 2005, chosen by Jenny Oldfield. Front Richard Jones, rear Angelo Rinaldi
Reprinted in 2006, pb.
The Last Round-
The Rivals -
Elizabeth Holland -
Matilda Webb -
Lois Ruby -
Judy Paterson -
Rebecca Kraft Rector -
Rosemary Chiba -
Pamela Kavanagh -
Jenny Land -
Cindy Jefferies -
Jenny Oldfield -
Purnell & Sons, London, 1978, 127 pp. Selected Genevieve Murphy
This collection was selected from stories which appeared in The Pony Club Annual.
No Pony Like Tango -
A Matter of Background -
The Noble Cause, Elizabeth Rigbey
That Pony Will Have to Go -
Jennifer’s Pony -
A Promise to Dawn -
A Polo Conversation -
Double Trouble -
Doctor’s Orders -
Chop and Change -
Nicky Would Not Move -
The Badger Brigade -
Purnell’s Treasury of Horse and Pony Stories
Purnell, Miadenhead, 1978, hb, 188pp.
Written by Primrose Cumming, Dorothy Baldock and Sally Haylor
This is probably the most intriguing, and infuriating collection. None of the stories are credited to their authors (unlike the illustrations), so it is probable we will never know just which ones were by Primrose Cumming.
The Grey Mare is the Better Horse!
The Saving of the Speed Herd
Grani -
Moon Maiden -
The Horse that Wanted to Change
William and Mary
The Cross-
Tony -
A Night Out
Little Mohee
Good-
The Wild One
Two of a Kind
Brunehilde -
The Winged Horse of the Sky
A Drastic Remedy
Christine Pullein-
Granada, 1978, pb
A collection of bits and pieces; fiction and non fiction. The stories are:
My Midnight Ride -
All Hell Let Loose -
Pony Patrol End a Racket -
Letters to an Elder Sister -
Horse Stories That Really Happened
Chosen by Diana Kimpton. Illustrated Eric Robson
Scholastic Children’s Books, 1999
The Taming of Bucephalus
Saving Savanna
Dancing for Their Lives
Shipwreck
Foinavon’s National
Annie’s Story
1981
Revised edition, Octopus Books Ltd, London. 2nd imp 1989, illus Reginald Gray (line illustrations); Linda Garland (colour illustrations); cover artwork Gwyneth Jones.
The Olympics -
A Coup Of The Long Lance -
In The Land Of The Houyhnhnms -
The Phantom Roundabout -
I Can Jump Puddles -
Catch A Pony -
The Wild White Pony -
Problems -
My Friend Flicka -
Quarter Horse Boy -
The Draught Horse -
Taming The Colt -
The Black Stallion -
The Circus -
The Horse And His Boy -
The Show -
Vronsky's Race -
On Horseback -
Bulls On The Marismas Marshes -
The Chimaera -
A Job Horse And Its Drivers -
The Little White Horse -
Black Velvet -
A collection of short stories chosen by Josephine Pullein-
1973
More Ponies for Jean -
Roughing It -
Bengal Lancer -
Memoirs of a Fox-
John Betjeman (poem)
Sir Nigel -
The Travels of Marco Polo -
Animal Stories -
from True Stories About Horses -
Equestrian Courtship -
A Galloway Childhood -
from The Horse -
Cowboy's Life -
Far Away and Long Ago -
Poem -
Sporting Print -
My Story -
The Worn-
The Unvarnished West -
from Strider -
poem from Venus and Adonis by Shakespeare.
Short Story Collections
There are a lot of collections of short stories out there. They were convenient
presents for those who had a pony mad person to buy for, but who didn’t know what
they liked. The books could be got together easily if you simply went for extracts;
dressing the book up further by getting a known name to do the picking for you, thereby
making a sale to anyone after something by that author. Christine Pullein-
The collections listed (thus far) are in alphabetical order below. Click the relevant title for more information.
Classic Horse and Pony Stories (chosen by Diana Pullein-
Christine Pullein-
Horse & Pony Stories -
Horse and Pony Stories (ed Janet Barber)
Horse Stories that Really Happened
Kingfisher Book of Horse and Pony Stories
My Favourite Horse Stories -
Pony Stories for Girls -
Pony Tales -
Puffin Book of Horse and Pony Stories (ed K M Peyton)
