Pony school showdown

Summary: Ella decides to join Zoe at Pony School for the holidays and when meanie Peach Parker turns up, they fear it will be the worst idea ever! But the tables turn when Peach is knocked off her perch by posh girls Letitia and Lavinia. Will Ella's love of horses be ruined by the new snobs in town? And most confusing of all... is Ella starting to feel sorry for Peach

Horace the Baker's Horse

Summary: Horace is a very big horse with an even bigger heart. Every day he pulls the baker's cart and helps Old William, Big Bill and Young Billy take bread, buns and other doughy delights to all the people in the town. But when a terrible flu makes everyone sick, who is going to deliver the bread to hungry families?  Based on a true story told to the author by her grandmother, Horace the Baker's Horse captures a time when horses were part of everyday life. Set in 1919 during the Spanish influenza epidemic, it tells the story of how, when the baker and his family are struck down by illness, Horace sets off on his well-trodden round to deliver bread to the townsfolk all by himself

The Island of Lost Horses

New Zealand author
Summary: Two girls divided by time, united by their love for some very special horses - an epic Caribbean adventure! On a remote tropical island, twelve year-old Beatriz is about to embark on an epic journey, through hurricanes and across the high seas and back to the time of Christopher Columbus...When Beatriz stumbles across a wild mare with strange markings in the jungle she can't believe it is real. Yet from that moment on the strongest connection grows between them, and she begins to uncover an incredible history. For centuries ago, Felipa and her horse, Cara Blanca, were running for their lives. As the fates of Beatriz, Felipa and their horses become entwined, Beatriz realises that the future of the world's rarest horses depends on her. Based on the extraordinary true story of the Abaco Barb, a real-life mystery that has remained unsolved for over five hundred years. (Publisher)

Blaze and the dark rider

New Zealand author
Summary: Issie and her friends have been picked to represent the Chevalier Point Pony Club at the Interclub Gold Shield, the biggest competition of the year. But when equipment is sabotaged and one of the riders is injured, Issie and her friends are determined to find out who's to blame

Thelma the unicorn

Summary: Thelma is an ordinary pony who longs to be more. One day, she spots a carrot on the ground and comes up with a brilliant idea! She ties it to her head,  just before a skidding truck spills pink paint and glitter all over her! Presto! Thelma is a unicorn! Thelma quickly rises to fame, but does she really want all the attention? Or would she be happier as her old self again? (Publisher)

I wish I'd been born a Unicorn

Other Title: I wish I had been born a unicorn
Summary: Mucky is a very smelly horse indeed! None of the other horses want to share his field. When Mucky decides it would be better if he was a unicorn, Owl tries to help. But perhaps true friends will like him just the way he is

Superpowered pony

MECHANIKAT and DOGWOOD team up to rain four-legged fury upon Earth. Only one foal can foil their evil plans . . . COMET the Super-Horse! This Stallion of Steel won t stop until he s corralled the crazy critters and protected the planet."

The Princess and the Foal

Inspired by the real life story of Olympic equestrienne, Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein
Summary: Princess Haya, daughter of the King of Jordan loves her family more than anything. So when tragedy strikes at its heart, she is devastated. The princess becomes even more withdrawn until, on her birthday, the King gives her a life-changing present. For the princess has only one joy - her love of horses. So when she is entrusted with the care of a very special foal, and an incredible bond grows, the heartbroken Princess begins to dream of an extraordinary future.

New Zealand Post Book Award Finalist 2014

Racing the Tide

Horse-crazy! ;
Bonnie and Sam are best friends. No one loves horses they way they do. When Bonnie whispers to them , they understand, and Sam always knows if they need a drink, or a hug, or a race around the paddock.
The girls ride together whenever they can. This summer they have a great adventure when they go mustering sheep and find suspicious tracks leading out to the beach...

Jade's Summer of Horses

Summary: Jade is resigned to spending the summer schooling troublesome Taniwha in the paddock, until she gets some good news. Becca's Aunt Flora who has a riding school by the beach, takes an interest in Taniwha, who has potential as an endurance horse. Would Jade be interested in spending a few weeks helping out around the school and learning about endurance riding? Of course! To Jade, the riding school is heaven. Unfortunately she isn't the only one to thinks so. A property developer is determined to evict Flora and build luxury beach houses on the land
New Zealand author

The Shadow Brumby

Horse-crazy! ;
Bonnie and Sam are best friends. No one love horses the way they do. When Bonnie whispers to them, they understand and Sam always knows if they need a drunk, or a hug, or a race around the paddock.
The girls ride together whenever they can, and they have the best adventures, like that time the wild shadow brumby slipped into town.

The Circus Pony

Horse-crazy! ;
Bonny and Sam are best friends. No one loves horses they way they do. When Bonnie whispers to them, they understand, and Sam always knows if they need a drink, or a hug, or a race around the paddock.
The girls have the best adventures, like the time they practised trick riding before the circus came to town...

Running with the Horses

A young girl's faith in an extraordinary old horse makes this an unforgettable story of courage, adventure and friendship.
Ten year old Nina lives with her father above the palace stables at the Royal Academy of Dancing Horses. She loves watching the famous white stallions as they parade for the crowds, but her favourite horse is an ordinary mare called Zelda - an old cab horse Nina often pats on her way home from school.
When Nina's world changes dramatically, she and her father have to flee from the city. Their journey over the mountains with Zelda and the stallions seems impossible, with danger at every turn...
A sophisticated picture book.

The Spirit of Cameron of Ambury Park Farm

What did Cameron and Roger decide to do for their friends who wore Gumboots as a big surprise for Christmas?

Horse Hijack

Ella's horse, Silver Banjo, the Olympic showjumping champion, has been stolen! Mission fox are on the trail. But how will they get past an iron gate, an electronic lock, a huge stonewall and a pack of guard dogs?

The Secret Pony

On cover--"The girl who talks to animals
Molly has a magical way with animals!
Silver the pony has a very special secret. He's really a unicorn and more than anything he wants to be free.
Can Molly find somewhere he will be happy?

Kaimanawa Princess

Summary: Story based on 13-year-old Rochelle Purcell and her pony Kaimanawa Princess and their campaign to save the wild horses of the Kaimanawas in August 2006, when they appeared on television and then participated in a protest on the Desert Rd
New Zealand author

Through a fog of steam rising from the group of terrified wild horses huddled together, Becky saw her standing alone, a beautiful black Kaimanawa pony with four white socks and a distinctive white blaze, running the length of her nose.

When Becky chose her pony at the stockyards she had no idea how hard it was going to be. Hard to train a wild horse, hard to compete with the expensive mounts at the pony club, and hard to stand by silently when the wild herds where threatened.

At stake would be the survival of New Zealand's famous wild horses - the Kaimanawa - who had lived for more than a century on the Central Plateau of the North Island. As Becky forged a bond of love and trust with the little pony she named Kaimanawa Princess, powerful interests began to unite in an effort to eliminate the wild herds. And when the time came, the young girl and her pony took their place in the struggle to save the wild horses.

Just Jack

New Zealand author
Summary: When Jack's Uncle Onslow notices that he has a gift with horses he arranges an apprenticeship for him with a jockey trainer in Napier. Determined to prove to his family that he can be as successful as his brother, Jack sets out with high hopes and dreams of success. Instead he finds a harsh and unforgiving boss, back-breaking drudgery, and a vindictive stable-mate who sees him as a rival. Will he have the courage, and the luck to survive? Suggested level: primary, intermediate

New Zealand Post Children's Book Award Junior Fiction Finalist 2012