My favorites as a kid were the Black Stallion series, 2 books by Selma Hedgewick (sp?) called A Horse of Her Own and Irish Hurdles about a teen named Rosemary O’Connor. Does anyone remember those?
When I was a little older I read A Portion for Foxes, The Show Gypsies and Riders…
Katie-Idont remember the name of the series you are talking about but I think I have them somewhere. I think they were by Virginia Vail,if that helps. The other book someone was asking about is Everyday Friends. Love that one!
I also loved Jean Slaughter Doty- ‘The Crumb’ was a consistent read when I was in grade school.
The Bonnie Books
I know these were many people’s favorites and I saw that the next three in the series are back in print on Amazon and Barnesandnoble.com
Also, someone mentioned Pidgy’s Surprise by Jeanne Mellin on the first page, and that’s being reprinted by Willow Bend.
Let’s see…all the Black Stallion books, Born to Trot, A Very Young Rider (which I still have, ca. 1978 or 1979). Gosh all the horse care books. All the Misty of Chincoteague books.
I just loved “A Very Young Rider” though because she was my age, went to shows and jumped.
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I also loved Jean Slaughter Doty- ‘The Crumb’ was a consistent read when I was in grade school.[/QUOTE]
Me too!!! I think that was the only book as a kid I ever finished and then read again…
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, and Tic Tac.[/QUOTE]
THIS was my favorite - absolutely. I have a copy somewhere…
Winter of the Owl by June Hanson.
I must have read this book 50 times, and I still have the tattered - much loved paperback on my book shelf. I’ve often toyed with reading it again (as an adult) but I’ve been afraid that I’ll be disappointed. At the time (3rd Grade) it was the best book ever written!
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I know these were many people’s favorites and I saw that the next three in the series are back in print on Amazon and Barnesandnoble.com[/QUOTE]
Oh, that’s great news!
Visit the ponydom horse book database
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My very favorite was called “Challenger” I don’t know who wrote it but I reread it till the pages fell out! Anyone know the author?[/QUOTE]
Why, yes, I do. Patsey Gray. I loffed that book too and have never been able to find another copy at anything approaching a sane price.
Have we had the Suzanne Wilding books yet? Big Jump for Robin, Dream Pony for Robin and Harlequin Horse?
I still have a lot of the books mentioned on this thread!
I read a series as a young teen that was my absolute favorite- I can’t for the life of me remember the author or titles.
It was not Saddle Club, Pine Hollow, or Thoroughbred.
I think it was about a group of girls at summer camp. (Maybe high school though). My memory is very fuzzy, but in one book one of the girls gets in an accident with her horse (hit by a car?) and is traumatized. Later in the book (or maybe a following book?) the other girls sneak in somewhere to make her watch a tape of her winning a big competition with her horse before the accident.
Did anyone else read these? I’m dying to figure it out! Thanks!
Only got through the first couple pages, but my username is from the Thoroughbred series! (Wonders, then 12 is my lucky number.)
What can I say, I made it up way back in like middle school and it’s stuck around. 
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Winter of the Owl by June Hanson.
I must have read this book 50 times, and I still have the tattered - much loved paperback on my book shelf. I’ve often toyed with reading it again (as an adult) but I’ve been afraid that I’ll be disappointed. At the time (3rd Grade) it was the best book ever written![/QUOTE]
Oh, wow, that just triggered a memory of that book… now I want to read it again!
Wow, I actually have a few no one mentioned:
Me and Katie the Pest (Ann Martin) http://www.amazon.com/Me-Katie-Pest-Ann-Martin/dp/059043618X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284840644&sr=1-1. Cute 80s book about two sisters competing against each other riding.
Breezy (Leda Blumberg) about a girl that adopts a mustang from BLM and turns her into a show horse (h/j)
The Bonnie Series (I have them all) - Barbara Van Tuyl
The Sweet Running Filly
Sunbonnet Filly of the Year
A Horse Called Bonnie and
The Betrayal of Bonnie
Bonnie and the Haunted Farm
So now I need help finding my mystery book. It’s about a girl who doesn’t have her own horse and she starts caring for a horse named “Bones” that lives with an old man on a farm near her house. He’s underfed etc. when she finds him but she starts buying him grain…cleans him up and then learns to ride/shows him. (hint: It’s not Old Bones the Wonder Horse - this horse is a h/j, not a race horse)
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Wow, I actually have a few no one mentioned:
Me and Katie the Pest (Ann Martin) http://www.amazon.com/Me-Katie-Pest-Ann-Martin/dp/059043618X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1284840644&sr=1-1. Cute 80s book about two sisters competing against each other riding.
So now I need help finding my mystery book. It’s about a girl who doesn’t have her own horse and she starts caring for a horse named “Bones” that lives with an old man on a farm near her house. He’s underfed etc. when she finds him but she starts buying him grain…cleans him up and then learns to ride/shows him. (hint: It’s not Old Bones the Wonder Horse - this horse is a h/j, not a race horse)[/QUOTE]
Aww, I forgot about that Katie the Pest book until you mentioned it! I remember that…
I read the Bones book but I can’t think of what it might be. Now I’m curious too. I think I remember him being described as a plain bay, but that doesn’t help much…
There is a UK website which sells “pony books” and has a forum where you can pose the ever-pressing question about the identity of various equine books where you remember vague things like “there was a horse, and a kid, and maybe a racehorse who had a pet rooster? I think it was from like the 1960’s?” I’ve had good luck with getting American books ID’d there, so anyone with a mystery might want to give it a look.
http://janebadgerbooks.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=queries
This thread and the “which fictional horse would you want to own” thread on Off Course are costing me a FORTUNE in used book orders…thanks so much for that :lol:
And ponydom.com might be the death of my bank account :eek:
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So now I need help finding my mystery book. It’s about a girl who doesn’t have her own horse and she starts caring for a horse named “Bones” that lives with an old man on a farm near her house. He’s underfed etc. when she finds him but she starts buying him grain…cleans him up and then learns to ride/shows him. (hint: It’s not Old Bones the Wonder Horse - this horse is a h/j, not a race horse)[/QUOTE]
Oh nooo, this is gonna drive me nuts - I remember that book but I can’t think of the name of it either. She had a McClellan saddle - that’s the right book, yes?
I have that book!
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So now I need help finding my mystery book. It’s about a girl who doesn’t have her own horse and she starts caring for a horse named “Bones” that lives with an old man on a farm near her house. He’s underfed etc. when she finds him but she starts buying him grain…cleans him up and then learns to ride/shows him. (hint: It’s not Old Bones the Wonder Horse - this horse is a h/j, not a race horse)[/QUOTE]
I KNOW I own this book. I cannot for the life of me think of the name of it, and most of my horse books are packed away at the moment. I REALLY want to say it’s “A Horse Of Her Own” but not 100% sure. It’s blueish (lavender), has a picture of girl and dark bay horse on the front…
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