Sam the School Pony

Jenny Dale's Pony Tales #1

by Jenny Dale

Becky loves Sam, the pony who lives in the field next to her school. She's thrilled when her class are told they can look after him - and ride him. Everyone enjoys being with Sam, until something terrible happens. Can Becky help her perfect pony when it really matters?

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Prolific author of animals stories for younger children, in particular dog and cat stories. As well as a Puppy Tales and Kitten Tales series she has written the Pony Tales series of pony books.

There is some speculation that the author does not actually exist but is a psuedonym for another author or authors. One author mentioned as writing under the name of Jenny Dale is Liss Norton, who incidentally is also said to be one of the ghostwriters for the Lucy Daniels Animal Ark series.

Reviews

[Kerri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet and fun. Ideal for newly independent readers.

[Emespre · Rating 2 out of 5]

The narrator was great, and the story was cute, but there didn't really seem to be much of a point/character development.