New authors added

More new authors added in the last couple of weeks, mainly American but with a few others thrown in for good measure. They include:


C S ADLER

JOCELYN ARUNDEL

JEAN BAILEY

LESLIE BAIRD

GEORGE AGNEW CHAMBERLAIN

JOHN W CHAMBERS

MARGARET GOFF CLARK

REX DIXON (aka ROBERT MARTIN)

ANNE EMERY

THOMAS FALL

JOHN T FOSTER

REBECCA FRANKENRY

ERIC HATCH

VICTORIA HOLMES

CLEDWYN HUGHES

SUSAN JUBY

B L KEARLEY

RITA LYTTLE

ALICE MOLONY

BARBARA MORGENROTH

SCOTT O'DELL

JANET RANDALL

PAMELA REYNOLDS

ANN RINALDI

PAM MUNOZ RYAN

DEBORAH SAVAGE

JOAN SELBY LOWNDES

JUDITH TARR

KATE THOMPSON

ELIZABETH VAN STEENWYK

DIANA WALKER

MEL WAYNE

JOAN WEIR

KIM ABLON WHITNEY

JOHN RICHARD YOUNG


To check out the new authors please click here

The Famous Horse Stories Series

I have recently been researching one of the few non-British pony 'libraries' - The Famous Horse Stories series published by American publishers Grosset & Dunlap. The series is very similar to the British equivalents such as the Crown and Collins pony libraries, although the slant of the stories is more towards a ranching/wild horse theme than the more traditional British pony stories in the British pony libraries.

What really surprised me however was the number of American authors I had not previously heard of. The stories in this pony library were not on the whole by 'A-list' equine authors. Yes, some very popular authors such as Harlan Thompson, Rutherford Montgomery, Henry V. Larom and Thomas C. Hinkle were featured, but there was nothing by authors of much more world-wide fame such as Walter Farley, Mary O'Hara or Marguerite Henry. Not sure why this was, but it has certainly opened my eyes to yet more authors in the field! From the relatively simple task of compiling a section on the Famous Horse Stories books, I have had to widen my net to include all the authors who featured in the series who were not already on my website!

The new authors added who feature in the series include:

GLENN BALCH

ESTELLE BARNES CLAPP

PAGE COOPER

DANA FARALLA

JOHN TAINTOR FOOTE

DAVID GREW

DON LANG

HENRY V. LAROM

ISABEL McLENNAN McMEEKIN

COLONEL S. P. MEEK

KEITH ROBERTSON


To check out these new authors and also the new Famous Horse Stories page please visit the information section on the website

Two new sections added

Just a quick one to let people know that I have recently added two new sections to the website:

1. SERIES - You can now search for books and authors by series. This may be useful if you can remember some details about a particlar well-loved series but not the author, and can also be browsed to see if any new series take your fancy!
To see the new series page please click here

2. PONY ANNUALS - Including pages on Pony Club, Pony Magazine, Princess, Follyfoot, Black Beauty and Champion annuals. More annals will be addded in time.
To check them out please click here