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Pony Books:
HOBBY HORSE HILL
(DOUBLEDAY [USA] 1939)
ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BROWN
Reprinted quite a number of times in both hardback and in paperback by Scholastic/Comet.
SUMMARY: When Terry goes to visit her cousins she isn't sure she was going to like the m and 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.
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)
ILLUSTRATED BY GORDON ROSS
1st UK edition COLLINS 1944
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
(DOUBLEDAY [USA] 1942)
(1st UK edition COLLINS 1944)
ILLUSTRATED BY PAUL BROWN
Reprinted 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.
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.
SUMMARY: Sam's favourite horses are Melody and 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
SUMMARY: Sandy does not get on well with 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
SUMMARY: When author Captain Kirk (!) 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
SUMMARY: Duffy wins a donkey in a raffle, then with the donkey's help he also solves a msytery.
Collectors info:
Pony Jungle and Plow/Plough Penny Mystery were also published in the UK and can be found here without too much trouble. The other books were not published here 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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