Horse & Pony Stories cover

Horse & Pony Stories

by Christine Pullein-Thompson

My friend Flicka (an extract) / Mary O'Hara -- The wild heart (an extract) / Helen Griffiths -- Breed of giants (an extract) / Joyce Stranger -- [Silver Blaze](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518358W) / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- Black Beauty (an extract) / Anna Sewell -- Bellerophon / L.S. Hyde -- Horse in the house (an extract) / William Corbin -- Banks and Morocco / Ruth Manning-Sanders -- The ghost in the top meadow / Christine Pullein-Thompson -- Strider: the story of a horse (an extract) / Leo Tolstoy -- A wayside adventure / C.S. Lewis -- Rescue / Walter Farley -- The rocking horse winner / D.H. Lawrence -- Behold, the Palio! / Marguerite Henry -- A man justly popular / R.D. Blackmore -- Follyfoot (an extract) / Monica Dickens -- "Oh, Cobweb, how could you?" / Josephine Pullein-Thompson -- Red morning / Joanna Cannan -- Warhorse (an extract) / Michael Morpurgo -- The Brogue / Saki.

Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?