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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2013 8:33:46 GMT 1
I really enjoyed this book even though it has the usual cliches of stolen horses and travelling fairs, caves and squabbling children. It reminded me of Joanna Cannan's London Pride and We Met Our Cousins for some reason. Maybe the children? And lovely illustrations by Anne Bullen too Now I'm looking forward to reading the Punchbowl Farm series which follow on from this.
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Post by Claire on Jan 18, 2013 13:54:10 GMT 1
I love this too. Its a real old fashioned comfort blanket type of read. The Punchbowl series does change a lot from this one. The characters are much more developed and the tone gets more serious. In fact some literary people sneer at Corker and its Romney Marsh equivalent Wish for a Pony and consider them far inferior to the other books in the series. But for me both of them have a charm of their own and are excellent examples of children's pony books, even if they dont have the depth or complexity of the later books. Black Hunting Whip next - you're in for a treat Rosie!
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Post by kunuma on Jan 18, 2013 14:50:45 GMT 1
Punchbowl Farm is my spiritual home! Rosie when you have read the series, you must read her non fiction books about her cats, the wild badgers of the Punchbowl, and the real story of the real Punchbowl Farm. Strangely for me, I actually read Wish for a Pony and No Mistaking before I read the series, it took me years to find and read all the rest. So for me, they will always be my introduction. I love them both and would have loved to be friends with Tamsin and Lindsey, and met Cascade and all the others. I just adored the whole concept of travelling in a romany caravan and taking your own horses with you, and I thought the confusion over Bonny/Duchess/Corker a good plot twist!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2013 15:36:32 GMT 1
Well I don't care if literary types sneer at Corker and Wish for a Pony I agree with you Claire they are both excellent children's pony books Can't wait to read Black Hunting Whip ;D only I've got to read Blind Beauty first, not that I'm complaining Kunuma I want to get all the books about Punchbowl farm, especially the one about the real farm
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Post by Claire on Jan 18, 2013 15:55:47 GMT 1
Strangely for me, I actually read Wish for a Pony and No Mistaking before I read the series, it took me years to find and read all the rest. So for me, they will always be my introduction.! Exactly the same for me, (except for Cargo of Horses, I read that one as a child too) but I didnt even read the rest of the books until I was an adult! So yeah, I have a soft spot for them too. I must say I would also love to travel in a Romany Caravan with a horse. I definitely must have gypsy blood cos I get itchy feet when I've lived in the same place for a while. The longest I have ever lived in one house since leaving home in 3 years!
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Post by rallycairn on Jan 18, 2013 19:37:20 GMT 1
It seems to me there's been a lot of mistaking Corker! or something like that. Love this one! Only read it once, though, abiut 10 years ago.
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