Ruby Ferguson is best known for the Jill pony books, a classic British children’s series beginning with Jill’s Gymkhana. Jill Crewe is an energetic, practical heroine whose riding ambitions lead through gymkhanas, pony clubs, training problems and friendships rather than magical adventures. Titles such as Jill and the Perfect Pony, Jill Enjoys Her Ponies and Jill’s Riding Club continue the emphasis on learning to ride well, caring for horses and negotiating the social world around equestrian life. Ferguson’s tone is brisk, funny and unsentimental, and Jill’s first-person voice gives the books more comic personality than a simple instructional horse story. They fit classic pony fiction, girls’ adventure and equestrian children’s series alongside K. M. Peyton and the Pullein-Thompson sisters. Read more Less
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