Finding the books: the books are all easy to find, and not particularly expensive.
Dan and His Donkey
Lutterworth, London,1964
Dan looks forward to going to the sea each year, and particularly to seeing his favourite
donkey, Viola. This
year though, a fun fair has come, and custom for the donkeys
is almost non existent. Toni, the donkeys’
owner, offers him Viola. Dan can’t say
anything to his parents, but when he gets home, he meets Moxy, who
with her grandfather,
needs a pony. Dan suggests Viola, but they hear nothing from Toni. Dan and Moxy
go
to the beach, but find Toni is in hospital, and his landlady has sold the donkeys,
all apart from one who
has gone to the sale being held that day. They try to buy
her, but things just get more and more complicated...
The Playing Field Horses
Abelard-
The Rag and Bone Pony
Lutterworth, 1962, illus Wendy Marchant
Many thanks to Dawn Harrison for the picture and blurb.
“Brownie was a very plain pony who started off in a town pulling Old Joe's rag and
bone cart. Brian was a boy who
was afraid of horses. He brought Brownie at a Horse
Sale and the two became close friends. Together they did
very well at the Pony Club
competition.”
The Runaway Pony
Lutterworth, 1961, illus Wendy Marchant
Reprinted 1965
Many thanks to Amanda Dolby for the picture.
Merrylegs the foal is lonely after his mother is sold, but he soon gets a donkey
as a companion, and when
he’s broken in, he has plenty to think about. He is sold
to a girl called Anne, but misses Bill the donkey
terribly. He runs away, but his
troubles are over when Anne buys Bill too.
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