Customer Reviews

Summer Pony

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I am now 38 years old and am looking for this book to read to my son. Like the others reviewers, I read this book in my youth. It has stayed with me over the years. To this day, whenever I notice the leaves turning I still think back to Ginny. I hope that as you read this book, you to will look back and remember Ginny and her wonderful summer.

I also read this book when I was around 8 or 9. I always dreamed of having a pony, and reading this book helped me feel what it was like to have one. I have looked everywhere for this one and the sequel Winter Pony. I am excited to finally locate something about them. I got my first pony shortly after reading these books, and he was in sad shape. I fixed him up and showed him just like the girl in the book. Ah memories.... Thanks

This was one of my favorites when I was 8 or nine or so. I checked this book out of the library so many times my name was the only one on the library card! I wanted a pony so much, I begged my Mom to get me riding lessons. Horses eventually turned into a life long passion for me.
I'll always remember Ginny and her Mokey.

Ginny, like many of us, has always wanted a pony. When she finally gets one it is not what she dreamed of: it's starving, ugly, and terribly dirty. However, as the book progresses she learns what it's like to be a horse owner; things aren't always as they seem. Readers will learn right along with this character, going on trail rides, having fun at shows, and learning that a horse is definitely the best friend that a person can have.

I remember reading this book when I was about 12 years old. At the time, I was deeply, head over heels in love with horses and had always dreamed of owning my own one day. This charming book helped me live that dream inside my heart and mind, and to this day I remember this book like it was yesterday. I finally at 40 years old, have my own horse but nothing takes the place of those great days I had when it was just me and the "Summer Pony" book.

I too became an avid reader of horse stories in my pre-adolesence and beyond. I received this book in a Scholastic shipment I ordered in 5th grade and read it over and over again until it fell apart. A book that contains all the classic elements of a good horse story--the blossoming of a young girl and her less-than perfect dream pony, the all night vigil at the side of the pony afflicted with deadly colic, and the triumph of a hard-won battle at the show jumping circuit.

A must-read for any lover of horse fiction...and I had no idea of a sequel, where can I find it????

my all-time favorite horse book, it's right up there with black beauty. i found it when i was 9 and i've read it many times over the past 20 years. it also introduced me to sam savitt's work, simply the best.

Ginny has wished for a pony of her own for years. When her parents agree to rent her a pony for the summer, Ginny is thrilled. But the muddy, shaggy pony that is delivered is nothing like the beautiful animal that Ginny had always dreamed of. Can Ginny turn this wreck of a pony into a blue ribbon winner

I must have read a hundred horsey-girl type books in my youth, but this is the one I read over and over, and the one that inspired me to go ahead and take a chance on a not-so-pretty horse when I finally saved up enough to buy my own as a teenager. We had amazing times, and that was one of the best decisions I've ever made-- all because Ginny and Mokey made such an impact. Now I'm buying this book for my own daughter.

This is the only one of many pony books that I read in my adolesence that I remember. (There's also a GREAT book about racoons entitled Rascal). This book must be reprinted. We all have children with whom we want to share this wonderful pony book!!!