John and Diana live in London, but it doesn't make them happy. When the book opens, they are off to stay with Miss Fairfax, who lives in the English countryside with a glorious mixture of ponies and other animals. Neither John nor Diana can ride, but they soon learn, and cast off the shackles of their town life. First published in 1933, The Ponies of Bunts was one of the earliest stories to tell the stories of riders, and not just of ponies. It is an utterly charming story – an es...

Sea Ponies is a wonderful holiday story set by the sea. Poor Roger has not been able to go away with his parents because of his ill health, and so he must stay with his Aunt Matilda. Aunt Matilda has firm opinions on many things, and Roger lives a sad and restricted life, until he meets Chris, and Bunch, and Miss Rhoda and their ponies, dogs, cats and rabbits.First published in 1935, this story was based on the life one of the authors lived on the Sussex coast.

The third and the last of the Bunts series, Ponies and Caravans was published in 1941. Although it was published during World War II, the world it reflects is one where the only dark clouds on the horizon are little ones, and they soon blow over. The children, and some of the adults we've met in other books, travel down to Dartmoor together in caravans so that they can buy some of the best Dartmoor ponies in the country. The charmed world in this book has a particular poignancy wh...