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Katy's Wild Foal by Victoria Eveleigh (view source)
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|title=Katy's Wild Foal
|author=Victoria Eveleigh
|reviewer=Sue Magee
|genre=Confident Readers
|summary=Eveleigh writes brilliantly about the ponies and life on Exmoor. In the story a child buy buys a pony without her parents' knowledge and there are no real consequences to this. It wouldn't put me off buying the book - the rest is excellent - but I would want to ensure that the subject of animal care was fully discussed with the young reader. Victoria Eveleigh popped into Bookbag Towers to [[Victoria Eveleigh Talks To Bookbag About Why Pony Books Aren't Just For Girls|chat to us]] about why pony books are not just for girls.
|rating=3.5
|buy=Maybe
|borrow=Yes
|pages=112
|publisher=Orion Children's Books
|isbn=978-1444005417
|website=http://victoriaeversleigh.ponymadbooklovers.co.uk/
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It snowed on Katy's birthday but something even more magical was going to happen that day. When Katy she went out onto Exmoor she discovered a tiny newborn foal and its dam. With wobbly steps the foal walked right up to Katy her and she was spellbound. It wasn't easy but she persuaded her father that the mare and foal needed help and he got them some hay. Katy couldn't ride but she still longed for that foal. ''Katy's Wild Foal'' is the story of the next year in Katy's life - and the life of the foal - and what a roller coaster it was going to be.
I picked this book up last night - just for a look - and didn't put it down until I finished it. It's admittedly short - with just ninety four pages of text plus a preview of the next book in the series - but I was pulled straight into the life of Barton Farm. April the first might be Katy's birthday but it was lambing and some things don't wait. I fell for Katy too. We can all remember that rather insecure stage where you felt that you had no friends and even when someone did hold out the hand of friendship you wondered if it was genuine. I can remember too the animals in my life and how I felt about them - and that's something that's never really gone away.
The [[Follyfoot by Monica Dickens|Follyfoot]] series of books by Monica Dickens was republished a couple of years ago and if you enjoy the life of Barton farm then Follyfoot is but a short step away.
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