Our First Pony [Hardcover]

Marguerite Henry (Author), Rich Rudish (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Demco Media (April 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 060611713X
• ISBN-13: 978-0606117135
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,898,789 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Marguerite Henry is the beloved author of such classic horse stories as King of the Wind, Misty of Chincoteague, and Stormy: Misty's Foal, all of which are available in Aladdin paperback editions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, February 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Our First Pony (Hardcover)

It was heart-warming!! I've read most of Henry's books (at least the horse ones)!! I thought they were all great, I read this one at a friends house and now want to get it myself!!!!!!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars Marguerite Henry writes another beautiful story, November 18, 2006

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Zoe Paris (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Our First Pony (Paperback)

Henry's stories have a certain 'magic' when it comes to writing about horses. She does it again in this wonderful story about very different twin boys and their first pony. This is more of a book for younger kids but horse lovers of all ages will appriciate it too. It has beautiful pictures, a good balance to the story and Henry's usual realistic, warm and timeless characters. This book is good, clean fun with no scary parts and nothing too intense. If I was a parent or a teacher (I am neither) I would consider this book and excellent choice. Being an aunt, I am sure I will end up reading this again soon!

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Her Best, November 13, 2004

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Flame_926 "flame_926" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Our First Pony (Hardcover)

I loved the beautiful color pictures and bright cover but the editing in this book really left something to be desired. Ms. Henry had a great little story concept with this book but the choppy storyline and weird page layout made it hard to follow.

It appeared that she had written it in her standard form, with chapters, but her editor had removed the chapter tags and had squashed everything together. As a result I kept having to re-read every page to understand what was going on; I feel that a young reader would have been very frustrated by it.

I believe that with some new editing this will be a wonderful book. In the meantime I will just keep looking at the pictures.