Published: 2003
We all like to do things for our mothers ….
You will never have heard of this title, nor its author, but she is Clarissa's mother. The book was written when Clarissa was a small child in the late 1950s, but is set in the 1930s, in those halycon days of ponies, ponies, ponies before the War.
The fast moving story moves from Cumberland to France and involves not only gypsies but also a dramatic rescue. Linda, who scanned in the typescript, and has never read a pony book before, far less ridden, could hardly put it down and indeed finished the scanning far quicker than she has done on any of our other titles! Both proof readers have also enjoyed the story.
Reviews
- I much enjoyed reading Julia Cotter's Pony Thieves - I was never into 'pony' books when young, but I found it compulsive reading and I am sure all young riders today would enjoy it.
- Heather Trease
- Pony Thieves was a beautiful read even the very sad section with Spree. You almost felt his pain and the torment Spree suffered under the hands of the brutes that professed to look after their animals. It must have been like that for many ponies in the past and I suppose still now. The story was harrowing in parts but so well written you knew there must be a happy ending. Thank you so much for having it printed with the lovely illustrations as well. This will surely be a book I shall treasure.
- Sally-Jane Raes
- I should like to mention how much I enjoyed Julia Cotter's Pony Thieves - I was never pony-mad as a child, and so didn't read any pony books, but I enjoyed the fresh, direct writing style and the way she deals with issues like animal cruelty, deploring it without becoming too sentimental (it still brought a tear to the eye on occasion!) I hope it brings Clarissa's mother great enjoyment to be in print, and I also hope that it will be read by children, as well as grown-up book collectors!
- Naomi Thornton