Pat Johnson & Barbara van Tuyl
I don’t think I can do better with this series than quote Susan Bourgeau, who provided the information and pictures for this section:
“ The Bonnie series is one of the series best loved by serious horse book readers
in the US. The first book, The Sweet Running Filly, I'd classify as the best Young
Adult horse mystery ever written (and I'm not given to hyperbole!). There's a superb
Dick-
All of the books were printed only in paperback, by Signet. The first two had dual authorship, Pat Johnson (who also wrote riding instruction manuals) and Barbara van Tuyl. The last three in the series were written by Barbara van Tuyl alone. The books were issued individually, and later as a slipcased set with the picture from Bonnie and the Haunted Farm on the sleeve. None of the books were published in the UK, but the series has now (2010) been reprinted in its entirety by Poppet Press, with some of the profit going to support Thoroughbred charities in the US.
The Sweet Running Filly
by Pat Johnson and Barbara van Tuyl
Signet 1971, cover art uncredited
Poppet Press, 2010, pb.
Julie buys a Thoroughbred mare in very poor condition. When she tries to find out
where the mare
comes from, she finds out her lip tattoo is the same as a filly sold
for a record breaking price
earlier, who is now running poorly.
A Horse Called Bonnie
by Pat Johnson and Barbara van Tuyl
Signet 1971, cover art uncredited
Julie manages to get her filly reinstated with the Jockey Club, but then gambles
by entering Sunbonnet in a
claiming race: she needs the money desperately to pay
for her father’s medical care.
Sunbonnet: Filly of the Year
by Barbara van Tuyl
Signet 1973, cover art uncredited
The Bonnie Series
The Sweet Running Filly
A Horse Called Bonnie
Sunbonnet: Filly of the Year
Bonnie and the Haunted Farm
The Betrayal of Bonnie
Bibliography -
The Betrayal of Bonnie
by Barbara van Tuyl
Signet 1975, cover art uncredited
Bonnie and the Haunted Farm
by Barbara van Tuyl
Signet 1974, cover art uncredited
