Annuals were a rich source of short stories, as well as being fascinating in their own right.
Black Beauty
I haven’t begun to count the number of editions of Black Beauty: click here to see just some of its illustrators.
Illustrators
The pony book has been very blessed with its illustrators (though it must be said, in some cases, cursed .) Click here for more.
Authors
There is now information on well over 300 authors on the site. They’re divided into sections according to where the author is from.
From Caroline Akrill to
D A Young, there’s information on over 180 authors.
Not the largest section of the website, alas: not many authors made it into translation.
Every time I look at this section I realise just how far I have to go. There are hundreds of American horse story authors.
There’s plenty more authors out there than just Elyne Mitchell.
The
Pony
Book
Today
If you have a pony mad child you might think Katie Price is your only hope: the pony book genre may not be as teeming as it was in its heyday, but it’s healthy.
There are decent books out there. There are even great books out there.
Click here to find out what you can buy now.
This section has well, yes, interviews: Patricia Leitch, and Caroline Akrill, and
more.
There are also articles on weighty subjects such as Pony book libraries (did
you have a Collins Pony Library book?), Susanna Forrest’s Why Girls Still Sign Up
for the Pony Club, and how to fight your way through the myriad of similar pony book
titles to find the one you want.
If you can’t find the author you want
If the author isn’t there (or in the American, European or Antipodean sections) let me know. I haven’t covered everyone by any means, so am always happy to have suggestions.
What’s New?
There’s an entire new section: Serials and Sequels, an alphabetical list of all the authors on the site who’ve done sequels or series. Let me know what you think.
I’ve done a piece on early Pony Club Annuals, and you can see that, plus illustrations of all the early editions, here.
New authors on the website: Mel Wayne, the Swedish author Gunnel Linde, moden author Judy Waite and her Horse Healer series, and a 1990s attempt at a pony library: the Rosettes series, and their part in Pony Libraries.
This section gathers together all the information I have on sequels and series.
