KISS KISS
I have been searching for one of my favorites childhood books, describing it, and never gotten a hit from anyone but this time I have lucked out. “The Grand Rogue” by Frances Priddy. I did a search and found one copy and ordered it!!! Thanks to all PatO
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Not fiction, but did anyone else have Happy Horsemanship as a kid? Mine is dog-eared and I read it a million times as if it were the bible when I was a horseless young rider.[/QUOTE]
Oh yes! It was one of the first books I ever read. I remember my grandfather reading it to me when I was 4. I had the hardest time pronouncing “whoa” and I was so confused since I was taught to say “ho”. The illustrations were adorable.
I read every horse book in my local and school libraries, many of them two or three times over. My favorites were definitely the Black Stallion series and there was a picture book I adore called The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses.
I got into the Mercedes Lackey Companion series. Not about horses per se but the “horses” did figure largely in the books. I’m a sucker for the fantasy genre.
Oh I loved the Thoroughbred series… I remember reading one “special edition” book where the main character Ashleigh “died” in the beginning of the book. I cried and cried!! I was going to write the author and tell them how horrible they were… but I finished the book and realized that it was all just a dream… whew!!!
I also used to read all of the Saddle Club books. I loooove the Monday Horses. I have a pretty decent collection of horsie books from the 70’s and 80’s. I’m going to my dad’s place this weekend, I’ll bring them home with me to recap 
Does anyone recall a series called Blue Ribbon series?
I remember that they go to a riding camp (in vermont maybe?) and the one horse is named Night Owl?
I’ve read through this thread and really enjoyed it!
Anybody read Sky Rocket, story of little bay horse?
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Anybody read Sky Rocket, story of little bay horse?[/QUOTE]
Sky Rocket is one of the classics, a true favorite of mine. In one of these threads, there was someone who knew him from Self’s New Canaan Mounted Troop.
sunbonnet
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I had a series about a young girl who owned a racehorse. I don’t recall the name of the author but I think that the horse was named Sun Bonnet.
I had a story about a police horse named Trusty.
Ofc ourse I read Farley’s “Man O’ War” and everything by Margurite Henry and CW Anderson.[/QUOTE]
They were a series of five books by Barbara Van Tuyl, Sweet Running Filly and four others. T obe re published in early 2010
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AbeBooks.com has Pamela and the Blue Mare for $195. Guess we should have held on to those books!![/QUOTE]
In a moment of insanity a few years ago, I purchased a first “Show Gypsies” on Amazon for $150.00…great book, has anyone else read it?
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In a moment of insanity a few years ago, I purchased a first “Show Gypsies” on Amazon for $150.00…great book, has anyone else read it?[/QUOTE]
I got it out of the library and when I moved, forgot to return it. Legitimately. Since I’ve now paid about $140 in late fees, I think it’s mine. d;
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I loved The Monday Horses and The Crumb by Jean Slaughter Doty. I also enjoyed Summer Pony, Winter Pony and Can I Get There By Candlelight. I’ve actually found them on Alibris and my nine year old has read the last three and seemed to like them. I even wrote a letter to Jean and she wrote back. Sam Savitt illustated a few of her books. His books were very enjoyable too and accurate in their stories.
I checked out A Very Young Rider from the library over and over too.
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YES! All of these! I recently bought the Doty ones for myself on alibris too
And KM Peyton - Fly By Night and The Team, especially.
Good Luck Pony by Elizabeth Koda-Callan. It came with a charm necklace - loved it!
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YES! All of these! I recently bought the Doty ones for myself on alibris too
And KM Peyton - Fly By Night and The Team, especially.[/QUOTE]
I didn’t realize Peyton wrote a sequel to Fly-by-Night! I just ordered it. Thanks! (:
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I didn’t realize Peyton wrote a sequel to Fly-by-Night! I just ordered it. Thanks! (:[/QUOTE]
Hehe, my pleasure
Does anyone remember the name of the series about a group of girls at a sleepaway summer horse camp? It was similar to Saddle Club, although I liked this series better. They were young adult chapter books with nice illustrations, I seem to remember reading them when I was in sixth and seventh grade. I remember the one character rode a palomino horse named Joker…
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I didn’t realize Peyton wrote a sequel to Fly-by-Night! I just ordered it. Thanks! (:[/QUOTE]
Peyton has written quite a few books about the kids in Fly-by-Night. The rest aren’t true sequels, and the last ones are not horsey, but still wonderful. And frankly, everything she writes is worth a read. She’s getting up there in age, but still writing. She’s done about one a year since she was 16.
Free Rein - Peter McNair has had a falling out with his father, and he Jonathan train a steeplechaser while living in an abandoned house. (They put the horse up in the dining room.)
http://www.ponydom.com/books/results.html?author=peyton&submit=Search
Linda Craig series
I absolutely loved this series! She was so brave and solved all those mysteries on her Palomino mare. I must have read them two dozen times, and I never got tired of them. Out of print now but worth finding! There are 11 books total.
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Peyton has written quite a few books about the kids in Fly-by-Night. The rest aren’t true sequels, and the last ones are not horsey, but still wonderful. And frankly, everything she writes is worth a read. She’s getting up there in age, but still writing. She’s done about one a year since she was 16.
Free Rein - Peter McNair has had a falling out with his father, and he Jonathan train a steeplechaser while living in an abandoned house. (They put the horse up in the dining room.)
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Nooooooo! Now I have to order more books!
love this threat
Does anyone remember a book (maybe for 5th or 6th graders) about a girl who isn’t very popular in school…meets up with a new neighbor who’s mother is very bohemian and they ride hunters…I think the horse she ends up with is named Richard???
Also LOVED A Very Young Rider.
Oh! And who else loved the Barbara Morgenroth books? I read ‘Last Junior Year,’ a million times.
There was also a series of three books about Black Beauty- and Ginger and Merrylegs.
All the Walter Farley Books - Black Stallion, Flame…all of them. Back in my day - on Saturday mornings - my favorite programs were Flicka and Fury!
When I was about 12 years old and starting to take lessons, I read a book by the name of “A Horse of Your Own”. I remember reading it and the wanting of a horse of my own was so powerful I ached. About 3.5 years later, I finally got one.
OMG, this thread brought back a LOT of memories
Thank you RugBug for finally helping me remember Pounding Hoovies!!! That book changed my life- I was feeling so sorry for myself that my folks wouldn’t buy me a horse and I knew girls that had racehorses. 
But I finally did something about it: I went and got myself a job mucking stalls at the local barn in exchange for riding 
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