Anyway my mum had many of these books when she was a kid, and I read them over and over in my teens.

Money is tight and although Jill dreams of having and riding a pony of her own, she feels it is just that – a dream. Pages clean and bright with light staining on pages 84-85, spotting on closed edges, boards and binding firm, chipping and tape repairs to dust jacket. Jill is finishing up a great day at Chatton Show, the equestrian event of the year in her part of the world.

In the first book in the series, Jill's Gymkhana, Jill's father has recently died, and she moves with her mother to a small Pool Cottage near the fictional village of Chatton. Then we went to have a look at the ponies and make a fuss of them for doing so well, and we found them resting quietly in the shade of the trees and making soft little nickering noises of pleasure when they heard us speaking to them, and saw the handfuls of oats we held out to them. Ferguson's series is (I am told) a solid central example of the genre, so I won't be going far wrong. a b c d e f Horrell, Georgina; Jaques, Zoe (14 September 2023), "Ferguson [née Ashby], Ruby Constance Annie (1899–1966), novelist and children's author", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi: 10. There is so much of this book I remember which goes to show how much I loved it when I first read it.

She's got good spirit and it's hard to keep her down for long and she works hard in everything that she does. Written in the 1950s, and set in post-war England during the 1940s, but not nearly as dated as you might think.

lines including a four-line verse have been removed describing Jill purchasing flowers and a card to take her mother; a short description of the dental hospital and replaced by a modified abridged version without the verse. The Hampton printing has an addition to the original text on page 38 (both versions): to ‘You see, for ages I haven’t been any use at all, since I couldn’t walk, and it was getting me down. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.

I've been a hands-on horse person most of my life and I'm pretty selective about the books and movies I deem worthy of my time. Susan makes it very clear just how little she thinks of Jill, and Jill's chances in the local gymkhana. Här får man veta hur hon fick sin första ponny, Black Boy, och hur hon lär sig rida, för att till sist nå större framgångar .Missing two paragraphs (20 lines) of Cecilia describing her school at length and Jill feeling low at the prospect of the rest of her visit. once lifted me on to my pony himself, and there I sat in my little habit with my long fair curls hanging down to my waist. Instead of ten shillings on grey flannel shorts she spends seventy five pence on blue grey denim shorts.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.The Hampton and Armada versions have an extra phrase: ‘getting me down and making me pretty unbearable to live with. Jill’s dialogue on altering her hairstyle is simplified, losing mention of ‘frizzing it up a bit’ and the rolls. Jill's problems aren't over, as she still needs to earn enough money to keep Black Boy in the winter.