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Showtym Adventures 1: Dandy, the Mountain Pony

By Kelly Wilson
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A bestselling junior fiction series inspired by true stories from the Wilson Sisters' childhoods. Let the adventure begin... taming a wild pony! In the first Showtym Adventure, Vicki must train her own wild pony to continue her dream of riding. When nine-year-old Vicki Wilson's beloved lease... Read More
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A bestselling junior fiction series inspired by true stories from the Wilson Sisters' childhoods. Let the adventure begin... taming a wild pony!

In the first Showtym Adventure, Vicki must train her own wild pony to continue her dream of riding.

When nine-year-old Vicki Wilson's beloved lease pony is sold, she is heartbroken. Her family doesn't have much money, and she is desperate to have a pony of her own so she can keep riding.

Then Vicki has the chance she has been waiting for, to tame and train her own wild pony! How will she earn the trust of her beautiful new chestnut? And will Dandy ever be quiet enough for her to ride at Pony Club or compete at Ribbon Days?

This story is inspired by the Wilson Sisters' early years, where Vicki, Kelly, and Amanda Wilson first encounter horses in the wild and learn what it takes to make them champions.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143771494

Publisher: Penguin Group (NZ)

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 October 2017

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Puffin

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 156g

Pages: 160

Collections

Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Kelly Wilson New Zealand and Australia Published New Zealand Children's Books New Zealand Published Penguin Books

About the Author

Born in Whangamata, Kelly Wilson relocated to Northland with her family at the age of five. Having grown up around horses, she competed in show jumping to Pony Grand Prix level, before focusing on her creative talents. She won a scholarship to Auckland University of Technology and graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor of Graphic Design, going on to become an award-winning photographer and designer. She is the bestselling author of four biographical non-fiction books, For the Love of Horses, Stallion Challenges, Mustang Ride and Saving the Snowy Brumbies, a children's picture book Ranger the Kaimanawa Stallion and a junior chapter book series Showtym Adventures. With her sisters Vicki and Amanda, Kelly has starred in the hit-rating TV series, Keeping up with the Kaimanawas, following their work taming New Zealand's wild Kaimanawa horses, and travelled to America and Australia to rescue and tame wild horses.

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