pony books? but pref no sad endings ...

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dd (8), very able and voracious reader, is also obsessed with animals, especially ponies.

She's just read Follyfoot, Jill's Gymkhana, My Secret Unicorn and various other horsey books by Linda Chapman, a whole load of short books by Pippa Funnell which take her about 20 seconds, Pony Club Secrets series, and The Silver Brumby but would like more please

She's very sensitive so I'm wary of many animal books where there are sad endings or a main animal character dies (Michael Morpurgo springs to mind) as she is then devastated and I have to pick up the pieces!

Any recommendations? I wasn't particularly into pony books as a child so don't have a stash of memories to fall back on

I loved the Phantom Horse books by Christine Pullein-Thompson. I read them over and over again. Just googled and found there is one I haven't read . Will have to check the library.

Oh Jill's Gymkhana - have just read to DD. I have all nine in the series including the oddly named Pony Jobs for Jill. (Think it did involve some mucking out ...

the little white horse

jinny books are fab

as are the jill books

'katie' trilogy by victoria eveleigh

tillys pony tales (big series)

dont rate pony club secrets myself, found them too 'teenage' themed for my 8yo

Monica Edwards; I loved her pony books and I'm not a very "pony" sort of person.
Lorna Hill (did ballet books as well, but pony books are better IMO; but I'm not a very ballet sort of person either....)

K M Peyton, Fly by Night

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