The pony book is not dead and gone:  it still survives, though you would not necessarily know it if you relied on the major bookshops to supply you.

 

This section of the website will give you a tour of what you can go out and buy now:  what is in print, and what your friendly local bookshop can order for you, or what you can find on Amazon.  As this site is read by people who don’t live in the UK, I have also covered books which aren’t in print in the UK, but which are in Australia and America.  For all these titles, I will try and give you an idea of the most economical way of getting hold of the books.  

 

The books are divided into age order (roughly - obviously there are will be some cross over), and you will find  reviews, links to the author’s website, and whatever else I have been able to find.  There are some classic pony books that have never been out of print, and these are listed in the Classics section.  Some old favourites are now in print again through the flowering of small independent printers.  

 

There is still good stuff out there (and some that shouldn’t have crawled out of the publisher’s in tray).  If you know of books and authors I haven’t covered, please let me know.  I can’t guarantee that I will love them as much as you do (I might love them more) but I will add them all here.

The Pony Book Today

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Books I’ve reviewed have been given a star rating (no single stars yet, but I’m sure it’s not impossible).  The very best have five stars, and I’ve listed them below, in age group order.

 

Picture Books

Jessie Haas:  Appaloosa Zebra
Jessie Haas:  Scamper and the Horse Show
Jessie Haas:  Sugaring

 

First Readers

None yet

 

Primary Age

Diana Kimpton:  The Pony-Mad Princess - Princess Ellie to the Rescue

 

Eleven Plus

Alyssa Brugman:  For Sale or Swap

Michael Morpurgo:  War Horse