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Horse & Pony Books:
BORROWED TREASURE
aka SHOOTING STAR (Paperback edition)
(KNOPF [USA] 1958)
ILLUSTRATED BY BERNARD KRIGSTEIN
Reprinted in paperback by Scholastic in 1972 and re-titled.
EDITIONS PICTURED: 1st edition, Scholastic paperback edition.
SUMMARY: Best friends Molly and Pip are both horse-mad but horse-less. The girls are overjoyed when a local farmer lets them look after his horse. Charlie is no oil painting but the girls fall in love with him and re-name him Treasure. They soon discover that there is a mystery surrounding the horse and, with the help of the kids from the local youth club, they determine to solve it.
LUCKY FOUR
(DUELL, SLOAN & PEARCE [USA] 1960)
ILLUSTRATED BY ALBERT ORBAAN
EDITION PICTURED: 1st edition
SUMMARY: 4-H story. Jill feels she has been a failure with her projects at the 4-H club. When she meets Alex he offers to help her with her latest project: the in-foal mare Dolly.
PLUTO: BRAVE LIPIZZANER STALLION
(GARRARD [USA] 1978)
ILLUSTRATED BY SAM SAVITT
EDITION PICTURED: 1st edition
SUMMARY: Historical horse story set just after World War II. Max hopes to get a job working with Pluto and the other Lipizzaners that have been evacuated from Vienna during the war but their future is unsure when the occupying American troops want to take all available horses. Can Pluto give the performance of a lifetime to convince General Patton to restore the Lippizaners to their rightful home?
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Collector's Info:
Reasonably easy to find in America, although Lucky Four is a little rarer than the other two and can be a bit more expensive. Hard to find elsewhere. Pluto is available to read or download for free from Open Library although you will need to sign up for an account (also free).
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