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Horse & Pony Books:
HOBBY HORSE HILL (DOUBLEDAY [USA] 1939) ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BROWN Reprinted quite a number of times in hardback Reprinted in paperback by Scholastic/Comet. Paperback editions were illustrated by Charles Beck EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition, two different paperback editions SUMMARY: When Terry goes to visit her cousins she isn't sure she is going to like them or Hobby Horse Hill, as all the family seemed to think about are horses. But then she too catches the horse bug and that is the start of many adventures.
BUTTONWOOD ISLAND (DOUBLEDAY [USA] 1940) ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BROWN Reprinted a few times in hardback by original publisher. EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition SUMMARY: Lyb and Sandy and their new neighbour Sig decide to start a secret riding club on Buttonwood Island. But Sandy is a bit nervous and will only ride the farm horse Potato Pete!
PONY JUNGLE (DOUBLEDAY [USA] 1941) (1st UK edition COLLINS 1944) ILLUSTRATED BY GORDON ROSS Published in the UK by Collins in 1944 EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition, 1st UK edition SUMMARY: Dibs feels out of it. She wants to ride with the new children Rosemary and Patrick but she only has a work horse to ride. One day Mrs. Edgemont catches her riding her pony Gray Mouse, but it all works out well as Mrs. Edgemount allows her to ride her pony and she can at last have fun with the other kids!
PLOW PENNY MYSTERY aka PLOUGH PENNY MYSTERY (UK title) (DOUBLEDAY [USA] 1942) (1st UK edition COLLINS 1944) ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BROWN Published in the UK under the name of PLOUGH PENNY MYSTERY (using the English spelling of 'plough'). There was also another UK reprint by Collins in the 'Junior Mystery' series. EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st UK edition, Junior Mystery series edition SUMMARY: Connie is disappointed when her new neighbour Larry turns out to be scared of horses!
MELODY, MUTTON BONE AND SAM (DOUBLEDAY [USA] 1947) ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BROWN Reprinted in hardback by original publisher. EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition? SUMMARY: Sam's favourite horses are Melody and (the rather oddly named) Mutton Bone but when the stables they live in may have to close down, Sam decides to try and find them a new home.
SANDY'S SPURS (DOUBLEDAY [USA] 1951) ILLUSTRATED BY GRACE PAULL Also a Book Club edition by the Junior Literary Guild EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition SUMMARY: Sandy must spend the summer at the home of his mother's friend in Virginia. There he learns to ride but he does not get on well with the children Ashe and Matty until the trio decide to do some historical investigation together.
THE SECRET OF DONKEY ISLAND (DOUBLEDAY [USA] 1952) ILLUSTRATED BY JEAN MACDONALD PORTER Also a Book Club edition by the Junior Literary Guild EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition SUMMARY: When author Captain Kirk (not he of Starship Enterprise fame!) goes to live on Lion Island with his donkey Bunty, Jamie visits him and tries to find out the secrets surrounding the island.
DONKEY DETECTIVES (DOUBLEDAY [USA] 1955) ILLUSTRATED BY JEAN MACDONALD PORTER Reprinted in hardback by original publisher Also a Book Club edition EDITIONS PICTURED: Book Club edition SUMMARY: Duffy wins a donkey in a raffle, then with the donkey's help he also solves a mystery!
Collectors info: Most of these were reprinted but as far as I know only one (Hobby Horse Hill) was reprinted in paperback. Pony Jungle and Plow Penny Mystery were also published in the UK (the latter under the title of Plough Penny Mystery) and can be found here without too much trouble. The other books however did not have a British printing and are all harder to get hold of outside of America. In the USA the books are all reasonably easy to find, with the Scholastic paperback edition of Hobby Horse Hill being by far the most commonly seen title.
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