Customer Reviews

Blaze and the Gray Spotted Pony (Blaze Series)

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The is the BEST of the charming and beautiful Billy and Blaze series by CW Anderson. Billy gets a human friend this time, who loves horses as much as Billy does. This friend wants a gray spotted pony for his birthday--Billy and Blaze have to go FIND him one. It's a hackneyed plot (no pun intended, Hackney lovers) but it is done right without any silliness. But this is a Billy and Blaze book, and any collector of them know the REAL reason to buy a Billy and Blaze book are for the amazing CW Anderson pencil drawings! It is amazing to see, over the course of the series, how much this man had improved as one of the top equine artists of this country and he is sorely missed. This is a great book to read as a stress-reliever for pony loving adults, or a bedtime story for children

The Billy & Blaze series was my absolute favorite in gradeschool-- the illustrations are gorgeous, and the stories are well thought out and written superbly. I remember signing this series out of the school library over and over and over again... now as an adult, I am THILLED to see it offered here at Amazon. None of these books will disappoint a horselover-- no matter what age you are!

In my opinion, the entire Billy and Blaze collection is nice for the whole family to enjoy. Children ages nine and under might enjoy these stories the most. Perhaps, children age 10 and up may find the reading and stories too simple. However, I enjoyed reading the stories with my children (ages 2 - 7), and they thoroughly enjoyed the stories as well.

I purchased this book as a gift for my granddaughter. She has several of the Blaze series and loves them all. The books are adventuresome and wholesome for young children.

I read this series by C.W. Anderson when I was a kid. Now I am sharing the stories with my grandkids. Book was in good shape and received in a timely manner after the order was placed.

All Blaze books are great. If kids love horses they will love this. There is a stage just above learning to read that is great for these books most words are pretty small and basic vocabulary. My daughter it was second grade a good reader might be ready for around the end of first grade. Even a third and fourth grader will enjoy reading it but it won't be challenging. I enjoyed hearing my daughter read it to me.

I read one CW Anderson book when I was a horse-crazy girl. Now I'm a horse-crazy middle-aged women. I was thrilled to find my original favorite book available on Amazon.com and enjoyed the wonderful pictures and sweet stories so much that I'm buying the whole series. Great books for kids - and wonderful books for those of us still "kids at heart" when life was simple and all you wanted to do was gallop your magic pony across the fields.

An older book with a timeless story. I highly recommend it.