Die drei Geschwister

Black Pony Inn #3

by Christine Pullein-Thompson, Renate Navé (Translator)

Genres: Horses, Childrens

123 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

The Pullein-Thompson sisters — Josephine Pullein-Thompson MBE (3 April 1924-[1]), Diana Pullein-Thompson (born 1 October 1925) [2] and Christine Pullein-Thompson (1 October 1925–2 December 2005[2] — are British writers of several horse and pony books (mostly fictional) aimed at children and mostly popular with girls. They started at a very young age (initially writing collectively) and they were at their peak in the 1950s and 1960s, but their popularity has endured. They have written a collective autobiography Fair Girls and Grey Horses.

All 3 sisters have written at least 1 book under a different name; Josephine wrote 1 under the pseudonym of Josephine Mann, Diana 3 books under her married name of Diana Farr and Christine wrote 2 books under the name of Christine Keir.

Their mother, Joanna Cannan (1898–1961), sister of the poet May Cannan, wrote similar equestrian stories, but is better known for detective mysteries.

Reviews

[Kerri · Rating 5 out of 5]

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The third in the series. This one has sick horses, troubled children and a gymkhana.

As ever Christine Pullein-Thompson delivers a reliable dose of excitement featuring the Pemberton family, their ramshackle Inn and the various guests that stay there.

[Christian West · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a terrible book. The Travers family own an inn where they offer visitors pony ride lessons and a bunch of other stuff. Three children are left there by their father and then nothing happens for most of the book. Finally some stuff happens and by then I didn't care.

A useless book that I regret reading for my 50 horse books in 2018 challenge.

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuing on with my "revival" of the reviews I wrote last summer during my re-read of this series:

"This one is definitely my favourite of the series so far. The plot was a lot more interesting and fun to follow. The story was suspenseful and fairly different from the previous books, which was a nice change. I enjoyed it immensely and hope that I enjoy the rest of the series just as much."

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one is definitely my favourite of the series so far. The plot was a lot more interesting, and fun to follow. The story was suspenseful and fairly different from the previous books, which was a nice change. I enjoyed it immensely, and hope that I enjoy the rest of the series just as much.