Anne Colver (1908-1991)

American author. Born in 1908. A fairly prolific and well-loved writer of children's books. Many of her works are historical and some are accounts of famous figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Florence Nightingale. Amongst her stories are three featuring ponies.

Pony Books:

BORROWED TREASURE
aka SHOOTING STAR
(KNOPF [USA] 1958)
ILLUSTRATED BY BERNARD KRIGSTEIN
Reprinted in paperback by Scholastic in 1972 when it was re-titled SHOOTING STAR
SUMMARY: Molly and Pip are overjoyed to be able to look after the horse Treasure, with the help of the kids from the youth club, but they have to solve a mystery surrounding him.

LUCKY FOUR
(DUELL, SLOAN & PEARCE [USA] 1960)
ILLUSTRATED BY ALBERT ORBAAN
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
SUMMARY: Max hopes to get a job working with Pluto and the other Lipizzaners that have been evacuated from Vienna during the war.

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.