Oh Blaze and the Forest Fire! I guess my short bay mare resembles Blaze if you squint just so… loved all these books. My copy of Happy Horsemanship is covered with my own additional “illustrations” I think if the house were on fire, I would get that book!
When I was in middle school, there was a book in the school library about a girl whose dad worked at a private girl’s school so she got to attend and ride the horses there. There was a horse she loved and either wanted to show or got to show and I believe the horse gets bought by one of the other girls.
I just realized that’s really vague and I SO wish I could remember more about the book so I could find it again. I must have checked it out of the library a dozen times.
Now I want to go look over all my books that I either kept from childhood or ended up buying as an adult… and I want to sit in my big comfy chair and start reading!
Gosh, you guys have brought back such a flood of memories! Yes, C.W. Anderson had the best drawings of anyone. Always wanted to be able to draw like that, but, no talent. Lol. I’m actually looking for a book that is called, I think, “Highland Rogue”. I read it in middle or high school so many times that the librarian wouldn’t let me get it again. There was also an Arrow book, with the most beautiful palomino on the cover, called “Golden Cloud”. Anyone remember authors? Thanks!
That ALMOST sounds like “The Horsemasters”, but not quite.
Has anyone mentioned:
-Smoky
-The Blind Colt
-5 O’çlock Charlie
I found a copy of Album of Horses and our son enjoys it now.
I recently picked up a used copy of School for Young Riders by Jane Marshall Dillon. I had a copy when I was a kid, but I have no idea what happened to it. I practically wore that book out when I was late elementary/middle school age. I still think it’s a wonderful book.
You can also find a copy of Jane Marshall Dillon’s wonderful Form Over Fences. 
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Marguerite Henry’s books are amazing! I have a former partner who is NOT a reader but as he loves Arabs, got really into King of the Wind. I was pleased he was reading! Then he comes to me and says, “You know, I think some of this is not historically accurate”. I had to (very nicely and sensitively) point out to him that yes, it is NEWBERRY award winner, meaning ITS FOR KIDS:) But he was entranced! And that was always one of my big favorites![/QUOTE]
You’d probably enjoy Dear Readers and Riders by Marguerite Henry. A big chunk of the book consists of letters from her readers and her answers, but several chapters are devoted to her books and how she came to write them. There’s a big section on King of the Wind, which parts are history and which parts are fictionalized. As I recall, a reader wrote to her asking about the location of the Godolphin Arabian’s grave. Henry’s response sent the reader on a quest to find the grave–the back-and-forth letters are fascinating.
Our family also belonged to the Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club, and several of my favorites were horse-related. Anyone remember Blitz by Hetty Berlingame Beatty? It is about a fire horse. The parts where he learns how to be a fire horse are tremendously exciting. Blitz loses his master and falls on hard times and then in the end is rescued by a boy, with whom he lives happily ever after.
Another is Rides Like an Indian, about a boy named Jerry at a dude ranch in the West. He rides an Appaloosa pony named Applesauce, who is an old plug until a young Indian boy befriends Jerry and shows him how to ride Applesauce bareback. Applesauce and Jerry then win a big race. I loved that book.
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Another is Rides Like an Indian, about a boy named Jerry at a dude ranch in the West. He rides an Appaloosa pony named Applesauce, who is an old plug until a young Indian boy befriends Jerry and shows him how to ride Applesauce bareback. Applesauce and Jerry then win a big race. I loved that book.[/QUOTE]
One of my favorites—I think I have two hardcover versions of it.
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Our family also belonged to the Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club, and several of my favorites were horse-related. Anyone remember Blitz by Hetty Berlingame Beatty? It is about a fire horse. The parts where he learns how to be a fire horse are tremendously exciting. Blitz loses his master and falls on hard times and then in the end is rescued by a boy, with whom he lives happily ever after.[/QUOTE]
I had that one!
I see many books on here that I remember. I loved Blitz, Flambards, The Horsemasters, National Velvet, all the Walter Farley, CW Anderson, Sam Savitt, Margaritue Henry, and Paul Brown books, and any horse stories I could get my hands on. Some books I read when I was really too young to get the most from them (Flambards, A Portion for Foxes…), but if it had anything to do with horses I wanted to read it. I see from the titles listed here that I missed quite a few from my favorite authors and illustrators.
I’ve been trying for years (to no avail) to find the title of a library book I once read as a kid. It was about a boy who’d gotten in some trouble.His name may have started with “G”. I think he was part of a group of kids that had caught & ridden some pastured mares one night for fun. That may have been the event that got him sent (as punishment) to a horse farm to work. I believe it is set in England or Ireland. There is the longtime horsewoman who owns/manages the farm and becomes his mentor. There is a race mare named Dunfermline(?) who is an integral part of the story. The boy becomes a good jockey and it becomes his practice not use the whip during a race. There is a young love interest, and of course, tragedy. Can anyone help me find this book?
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So many, so many. Among others, I loved “PILOT THE HUNTER” by H.M. Peel., “The Wild Heart” by Helen Griffiths, of course, all the Black Stallion books, the Flicka series, anything illustrated by C.W. Anderson. Oh, all the Marguerite Henry books.[/QUOTE]
I’ve been trying to remember the title of Pilot the Hunter" for years. Thank you SOOO much! It was one of my very favorites, along with Vicky and the Black Horse, Vicky and the Brown Mare, Sky Rocket, The Crumb… so many others.
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You can also find a copy of Jane Marshall Dillon’s wonderful Form Over Fences. :)[/QUOTE]
I had that one, too, and yes, it’s also wonderful. I spent hours studying those pictures.
Does anyone remember the name of a book that was about a wooden pony who stood on a platform with wheels and traveled the world over to find his “boy” again"? That book made me cryyyyyyy and cryyyyyy and cryyyyyyy one summer! Sort of scarred me at the time!
Also, another book about an appaloosa named Mokey (the Moke) who was ridden by a young girl, got into apples and colicked but was OK. Again, I crieeeeeed!
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Also, another book about an appaloosa named Mokey (the Moke) who was ridden by a young girl, got into apples and colicked but was OK. Again, I crieeeeeed![/QUOTE]
Mokey is the pinto mare in Jean Slaughter Doty’s “Summer Pony” (and the sequel, “Winter Pony”).
I just unpacked LOADS of old hardcovers I’ve picked up over the years that are horsey… I think I will post them on the giveaways thread for the cost of postage. Keep an eye out there if any of you are interested!
They should go up starting tomorrow or Weds once I get them all sorted.
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Does anyone remember the name of a book that was about a wooden pony who stood on a platform with wheels and traveled the world over to find his “boy” again"? That book made me cryyyyyyy and cryyyyyy and cryyyyyyy one summer! Sort of scarred me at the time!
Also, another book about an appaloosa named Mokey (the Moke) who was ridden by a young girl, got into apples and colicked but was OK. Again, I crieeeeeed![/QUOTE]
Oh man, I remember the wooden pony on wheels one now, but no idea what it is… and yeah, the Mokey ones were Doty’s Summer/Winter Pony…
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I’ve been trying for years (to no avail) to find the title of a library book I once read as a kid. It was about a boy who’d gotten in some trouble.His name may have started with “G”. I think he was part of a group of kids that had caught & ridden some pastured mares one night for fun. That may have been the event that got him sent (as punishment) to a horse farm to work. I believe it is set in England or Ireland. There is the longtime horsewoman who owns/manages the farm and becomes his mentor. There is a race mare named Dunfermline(?) who is an integral part of the story. The boy becomes a good jockey and it becomes his practice not use the whip during a race. There is a young love interest, and of course, tragedy. Can anyone help me find this book?[/QUOTE]
Sorry for butting in on an old thread, but I can answer this question. The book you are looking for is A Second Chance by Vian Smith. The boy’s name is Johnnie, and yes, there is a mare called Dunfermline. I own a copy of it. It was originally published as The Horses of Petrock in the U.K., but it had its title changed for the U.S. publication.
I had a lot of fun looking through these titles. I’ve read many of them. If anyone is interested in these old horse and pony books, then you might want to take a look at Jane Badger’s site if you haven’t already. Its an English site, but has a lot on North American authors as well.
yea, I remember most of them…wonderful site…Old memories 
