Penny Pollock

Penny Pollock has written several children’s books, among them the wonderfully titled Ants Don’t Get Sunday Off.  She has written (as far as I know) one horse book.  

Many thanks to Lisa Catz for the picture.

Finding the book:  easy to find in both its printings.

Sources and links:

Terri A. Wear:  Horse Stories, an Annotated Bibilography, Scarecrow Press, 1987

Biblography - horse books only

Stall Buddies

Putnam, New York, 1984, illus Gail Owens, 63 pp.

Scholastic, pb, 1987

Bud finds as goat, called Merabel, to be a stall buddy for the mare Scarlett, who is very nervous.  Rufus the rooster
is another stall buddy, and between them they calm Scarlett down so she can perform her best as a trotter.