Fell
Afraid to Ride: Patricia Leitch
My Friend Krow: Fiona Satow (Scripture Union)
Second Best Pony: Margery Sharp (J A Allen, 1993)
Heavy Horses
Save the Ponies: Gillian Baxter
Plug Horse Derby: Emma Brock
Joe and the Gladiator: Catherine Cookson
Uncle Daney’s Way: Jessie Haas
The Great Horses: Primrose Cumming (Shire)
Trouble at Trimbles: Primrose Cumming (Suffolk Punch)
Ben: Primrose Cumming
No Mistaking Corker: Monica Edwards
Cargo of Horses: Monica Edwards
Five O’Clock Charlie: Marguerite Henry
The Empty Field: Christine Pullein-Thompson
Breed of Giants: Joyce Stranger
January Queen: Joyce Stranger
Missing Matilda: Carol Vaughan (Percheron)
Two Foals for Matilda: Carol Vaughan (Percheron)
Trekkers’ Trail: Carol Vaughan (Percheron)
Below is a list of pony books featuring specific breeds. It isn’t exhaustive, by any means, so if you know of more please let me know!
Most of the books listed have that breed as its major equine character: if the character makes a brief appearance, like Dot the Shetland in Ruby Ferguson’s A Stable for Jill, I’ve indicated this by naming the character in brackets after the author.
Exmoor
Bonny the Pony: Ruth Clarke
Round-up on Exmoor: De la Mahotière, Mary (Lutterworth 1961)
Katy’s Exmoor: Victoria Eveleigh
Katy’s Exmoor Adventures: Victoria Eveleigh
Katy’s Exmoor Friends: Victoria Eveleigh
Moorland Mousie: Golden Gorse (Country Life, 1929)
Older Mousie: Golden Gorse (Country Life, 1932)
Janet and Felicity: The Young Horsebreakers: Golden Gorse (Country Life, 1937)
The Adam series: Eleanor Helme
- Shank’s Pony: (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946)
- Suitable Owners: (Eyre & Spottiwoode, 1948)
- White Winter: (Eyre & Spottiwoode, 1949)
Jerry, the story of an Exmoor Pony: Eleanor Helme (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1930)
The Joker & Jerry Again: Eleanor Helme & Nance Paul (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1932)
Arabian
Sue’s Circus Pony: J M Berrisford
Ponies All Summer: J M Berrisford
Sue’s TV Pony: J M Berrisford
Jill and Prince the Pony: Joan Dickins
Summer Ponies: Wendy Douthwaite
Dream Pony: Wendy Douthwaite
On Location: Wendy Douthwaite
Running Free: Wendy Douthwaite
King of the Wind: Marguerite Henry (1947)
The Jinny series: Patricia Leitch (Armada 1976-1988)
Melka, the story of an Arabian Pony: Joan Penney (Methuen, 1934)
Melka in England: Joan Penney (Methuen, 1935)
Tessa and Some Ponies: Lady Kitty Ritson
The Earth Sings: Glenda Spooner (Latimer House, 1950)
Dancing Horse: Carol Vaughan
Camargue
Wild White Stallion: René Guillot
China Pony
Hua Ma The Flower Pony: Cecilia Knowles (Falcon Press, 1947)
Chincoteague and Assatateague Pony
Misty series: Marguerite Henry
Connemara
The Blind Connemara: C W Anderson
Speedy: Esme Hamilton
The Connemara Whirlwind: Ann Henning
The Connemara Stallion: Ann Henning
The Connemara Champion: Ann Henning
Dartmoor
Wandy the Wild Pony: Allen Chaffee (John Murray, 1933)
Wandy Wins!: Allen Chaffee (John Murray, 1938)
Silver Blue: Gordon Griffiths (World’s Work 1970)
Riding Days in Hook’s Hollow: Marjorie M Oliver (Country Life, 1947)
Land of Ponies: Marjorie M Oliver (Country Life, 1951)
Horseman’s Island: Marjorie M Oliver (Country Life, 1950)
The Treasure Riders: M E Proctor
The Trick Jumpers: Josephine Pullein-Thompson
Dinah the Dartmoor Pony: Allan Seaby (A & C Black, 1935)
Donkeys
Dowsha - the Story of a Donkey
Brighty of the Grand Canyon: Marguerite Henry
The Donkey Race: Diana Pullein-Thompson
Dan and his Donkey: Pamela Rogers
A Pony of Your Own: Mary Gervaise
Thanks to Dandy: G O’Connor
Jane’s Lonely Donkey: Jill Stevens
The Turf Cutter’s Donkey: Patricia Lynch
