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Jane Badger Books
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Katie Price

Katie Price (aka Jordan) is much better known for her celebrity lifestyle than she is for her writing career.  Her books are ghost-written, and she is one of the best paid authors in the ield, according to Wikipedia, having received a £300,000 advance, for the books from Random House.  There are two things to be said for her series:  she does appear to know what she’s talking about, and she steers well clear of fantasy.  

 

Tim Teenan of The Times describes the covers of the series as “enough to rot your teeth.”   As for the contents, the stories are adequate: if linguistic style is your thing, they are not “well good”. I heartily dislike their concentration on their heroines’ appearance, and the illustrations are appalling. Tellingly, the Pefect Ponies website hasn’t been updated since book 9, and neither has Katie Price’s own website, so it looks as if both publisher and author have lost interest.

 

The Perfect Ponies Website

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Perfect Ponies
Here Comes the Bride

Little Treasures

Fancy Dress Ponies

Pony Club Weekend

The New Best Friend

Ponies to the Rescue

Star Ponies

Ponies ‘n’ Pooch

Pony in Disguise

Stage Fright

Secrets and Surprises

Wild West Weekend

 

 

 

 

Bibliography - pony books only

Pony‘n’ Pooch

Bantam Books, London,, 2008, 105 pp. Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

The girls are entering a competition with ponies and dogs: Mel really wants to do well, but when
her father makes a surprise announcement, she’s put off.

 

Pony in Disguise

Bantam Books, London,, 2008, 104 pp. Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

Vicki’s holding an Easter competition: everyone is so busy getting ready for it that no one notices
that one of the ponies has gone missing.

 

Stage Fright

Bantam, London,, 2009, 104 pp. Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

 

Vicki plans an Open Day at the stables. There will be all sorts of things going on, including a play.
Cara suffers from terrible stage fright.

Here Comes the Bride

Bantam, London, 2007, 103 pp. Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

 

Jess and her firiends love spending all their free time at Vicki’s riding school. Vicki is due to be
chief bridesmaid at a friend’s wedding, and to celebrate, the friends decide to organise a special
surprise, but everything goes wrong.

Little Treasures

Bantam, London,, 2007, 101 pp. Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

Vicki decides to treat the girls to a Treasure Hunt. One of the other pupils, Henrietta, is determined to
win, and for a while it looks as if she might.

 

Fancy Dress Ponies

Bantam, London,, 2007, 104 pp. Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

Jess and her friends are going to enter a Fancy Dress competition, but Henrietta looks as if she will spoil
everything.

Pony Club Weekend

Bantam, London, 2007, 128 pp.  Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

Vicki is running a pony club weekend for the girls: but for Cara it’s the first time she’s been away from
home since her Dad died. How will she cope?

 

The New Best Friend

Bantam Books, London,, 2008, 105 pp. Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

Amber and Jess have been friends for a long while, but when a new girl starts at the stables, Amber
wants to be her friend. Jess feels threatened.

Ponies to the Rescue

Bantam, London, 2007, 105 pp.  Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

Dumpling, the oldest pony in the stables, dies, and the girls try to do something to cheer Vicki
up.

Star Ponies
Bantam, London, 2007, 105 pp, Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

A television programme is going to be filmed at the stables: the girls are all thrilled, and work really
hard on the ponies. But who will be chosen to take part?

 

 

 

Secrets and Surprises

Bantam, London,, 2009, 104 pp. Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

Something’s wrong with Darcy: Amber is horrified when she finds out Darcy might have to sell her pony.

 

 

Wild West Weekend

Bantam Books, London,, 2010, 105 pp, Illus Dynamo Design

 

 

The girls are all really looking forward to their holiday, but disaster strikes, and when it does, who will help
them?

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