Horse and Pony Stories (Red Hot Reads S.) - Softcover

Brave and beautiful, strong and devoted, the horses in this book are memorable characters in their own right. This collection of stories and extracts features the best writing about horses and ponies from classic authors such as Anna Sewell, Monica Dickens, Mary O'Hara and Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as contemporary writers such as Michael Morpurgo and Christine Pullein-Thompson herself. The pieces have been carefully selected to appeal to horse-lovers; they vary in style and atmosphere but are all thrilling, moving works by writers who really understand horses. Victor Ambrus's black-and-white illustrations capture the majesty of these magnificent beasts.

Christine Pullein-Thompson has been writing children's books for over forty years. She is one of the most popular writers of horse and pony stories working today. She lives in Suffolk. Victor Ambrus has illustrated many of the great classics of literature including Black Beauty and - for Kingfisher - The Iliad, as well as books by Rosemary Sutcliff and K. M. Peyton. He has also written and illustrated his own picture books, two of which have won the Kate Greenaway Medal. He is well known as a member of Channel 4's Time Team.