Pony Scouts: Runaway Ponies! (I Can Read Level 2) - Hardcover

Hapka, Catherine

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062086693 ISBN 13: 9780062086693

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2012

Synopsis

The Pony Scouts are having a sleepover at Jill’s house! They get to tend to the ponies day and night. But when one of the girls forgets to latch a stall, it’s the Scouts to the rescue!

The Pony Scouts series is full of all the rich details young horse lovers devour, from pony-centric plots to a "Pony Pointers" vocabulary page at the end of each book. Go camping with the Pony Scouts!

Author Catherine Hapka is a lifelong horse lover. She rides several times per week and keeps three horses on her small farm in Pennsylvania. If you're looking for horse books for girls 4-8, don't miss the Pony Scouts books.

Pony Scouts: Runaway Ponies! is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help. Whether shared at home or in a classroom, the engaging stories, longer sentences, and language play of Level Two books are proven to help kids take their next steps toward reading success.

About this title

About the Authors

Catherine Hapka has published more than two hundred books for kids, from board books to young adult novels. She lives in an old house on a small farm in Chester Country, Pennsylvania, where she keeps three horses, a small flock of chickens, and too many cats.

Anne Kennedy lives in Lewis Center, Ohio, with her husband, Jack, and her rescued dog, Banjo. When she's not illustrating beautiful books, Anne enjoys spending time with her horse, doing dressage, and trail riding.

From the Back Cover

When Meg’s parents go away for the weekend, letting Meg stay with fellow Pony Scout Jill, the Scouts are in for an extra-special sleepover! Meg, Jill, and their friend Annie get to tend Jill’s ponies day and night. But when one of the Scouts forgets to latch a pony’s stall, things start to get a little crazy. The Pony Scouts race to the rescue, and along the way they learn that being careful is an important key to being able to have fun.

The Pony Scouts return in this charming I Can Read, a wonderful addition to the Pony Scouts series.

Reviews

Horse-crazy Meg, Jill, and Amy call themselves the Pony Scouts, but only Jill is lucky enough to live on a pony farm. As Meg leaves to spend a weekend there, she realizes that she’s packed a horse toy and a horse book but forgotten her toothbrush and pajamas. It’s a sign of what’s to come. Later that day, Meg forgets to latch the stall door of her favorite pony, Sparkle. After he cleverly opens all the stall doors, the girls face the challenge of catching five runaways. Young horse enthusiasts will find plenty to enjoy in this amiable adventure from the Pony Scouts I Can Read series: Meg’s understandable mistakes, her enviable opportunity to groom Sparkle, and the mild excitement of the ponies’ escape. The appended “Pony Pointers” page explains three horse-related terms. An appealing watercolor illustration appears on every page, while a white space is left as a background for the very readable, large-print text. Beginning readers + horses = just right. Grades K-2. --Carolyn Phelan

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062086693
• ISBN 13: 9780062086693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Kennedy Anne
• Number of pages: 32