Pony themed books for 10 year old DD

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Hi, my soon to be 10 year old has just got a glowing report from school which I'm really pleased about. One area she's not so hot on though is reading. She can read fine, is up to standard, comprehension fine etc but her reading isn't as strong as everything else. I'm a big reader as are our whole family really but she finds books "boring." She does read daily and always reads before bed but the love isn't there. She doesn't get wrapped up in the stories and imagine them in her head as scenes. She prefers factual books to stories unless she's being read to. She's pony mad and I'm hoping to find her some horse based novels to get stuck into. Can anyone suggest any please? I've bought her a factual horse book for Christmas which she asked for but I really want to encourage her to curl up with a book and get totally absorbed in the stories like I do. I feel so sad she doesn't have that experience but I know everyone is different.

Jinny at Finmory books are fabulous by Patricia Leitch. I still have all my original ones 40 years later ☺️ I still read them on occasion

My kids are obsessed by Heartlands, they have read all the books and watched the Netflix series

All of the above, which I loved as a child, plus all the Pippa Funnell series which both my DDs have loved. More up to date and are educational without being dull or preachy.

Oh this has brought back so many happy book memories. I was also horse mad at 10. My now 10 year old DD is also horse mad...

Had totally forgotten about the Jinny series - fab!!
The Silver Brumby series is a MUST, so beautiful!
Black Beauty is lovely but there is quite a lot of old-fashioned language in which might prove a sticking point if your DD isn't a mad keen reader.
The Racehorse who Wouldn't Gallop is much more modern and a good, easy read.

My favourites are:
K.M Peyton- the swallow series
Walter Farlzy- the black stallion series
Josephine Pullein-Thompson- six ponies and I had two ponies in particular but she wrote many
Black beauty, son of black beauty
Victoria Eveleigh- katy's exmoor pony series (more up to date as first book published 2002)

There's a couple of series I'm missing, one was about a unicorn that everyone thinks is a normal horse. Can't remember it's name, in one of the books it helps a horse that had a fear of jumping escape a burning stable and then after that it wasn't afraid to jump.

Someone else mentioned it, it was My Secret Unicorn

Black beauty a real classic

Oh and Jackie won a pony! I was always envious of her for that, wished I could have won a pony myself

Flambards by KM Peyton - love them. Still read them as an adult!
Also the Jill books and Follyfoot

There's a new book out set in modern day fkambards

Ooh- what is this? Googled and couldn't find anything

I went to pound land the other day and there were lots of horsey book in! I picked up a few myself for my nephew who loves his pony related books!

@kiwiblue

Key to Flambards [[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1788450043/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Hck5BbFARC13?tag=mumsnetforum-21M]]

Not sure if that's worked. It's called. The key to flambards

Usbourne have some really good ones

These are life!!!!!

Sorry carrying on from my previous post, they have the pony-mad princess range for 7+ and princess Polly and the pony in the young readers range level 4. They are really good books.

I missed the whole pony thing when growing up and am quite scared of them! I liked my little pony but obviously nothing like the real thing. I feel like I e missed out an essential part of girlhood.

My dds really didn't like the Jinny books. I don't remember liking them much either.

Trust me op, its probably best to avoid owning the real thing unless you like essentially setting fire to your own money.

@Santaclarita I haven't any money to set fire to so I'm safe from that  She might grow out of it, she might not. I'm encouraging her into a career of animal care of some kind. Maybe veterinary nurse or horse physio or something animal related as she adores them. Being a vet requires years of study and excellent grades so I'd hate her to be pressured by that but if she decides to aim for that then great. She's "flying" at school according to her teachers so might be feasible.for now she's horse crazy and I'll do what I can to incorporate horses into her life.

Jean Slaughter Doty - Can I get there by candlelight. Etc.
Lucy Rees - Wild Pony.
(Yes to Jinny at Finmory, Km Peyton Fly-by-night and Flambards )

The saddle club series
The Follyfoot series

I miss Jill. I must 're read them!

Thanks Plessis!

Black Beauty
The Black Stallion Series by Walter Farley
The Island Stallion Series by Walter Farley which has a crossover book with the Black Stallion.
Misty of Chincoteague series by Marguerite Henry
The Silver Brumby series by Elyne Mitchell
The Heavenly Horse from the Outermost West by Mary Stanton = a bit of a different type of book, but very good.
Follyfoot