Usborne Farmyard Tales: The New Pony - Heather Amery

This is one of the stories in the Usborne Farmyard Tales series. If your child likes it, there are dozens more! The first part of this review is about the series, and the second part about the particular book. --- The series --- The stories are about two children, their mum who is the farmer, and their dog, and what they get up to on the farm. The stories are short, and exciting (if you are three). --- Learning to read --- The clever thing about these stories is that they are written on two levels. At the top of each page is a short sentence, and at the bottom of the page is a couple of longer sentences. You can read the book by reading ...  Read the complete review

'The New Pony' by Heather Amery and Stephen Cartwright is one of twenty titles in the Usborne Farmyard Tales mini edition series. All of the stories revolve around Apple Tree Farm and the family that live there; Mr and Mrs Boot, Poppy and Sam and their dog Rusty. In each book the children have an adventure joined by the rest of the family or some of the other characters who live in the village. In this story we are introduced to a pony who lives in one of the fields belongiong to a local farmer. Poppy and Sam visit him regularly, he looks so sad and the children don't know why. They take him bits of apple and other nice things to eat and care for him over ...  Read the complete review