Deborah Felder

American author. As well as writing non-fiction, she wrote three historical horse stories centred around different breeds including Thoroughbreds, an Arab and a Tennessee Walking Horse . Although these are historical stories they are not stodgy, but fast paced and modern in style. The three books form part of the larger Treasured Horses Collection which is an American pony library published in the 1990s.



Horse & Pony Books:

RIDE OF COURAGE
(ERTL [USA] 1996)
ILLUSTRATED BY SANDY RABINOWITZ
Reprinted in hardback by Gareth Stevens
Reprinted in paperback by Scholastic
EDITION PICTURED: Scholastic paperback
SUMMARY: Part of the Treasured Horses Collection
Historical story about a girl and an Arab horse set in the American War of Independence.

CHANGING TIMES
(ERTL [USA] 1996)
ILLUSTRATED BY SANDY RABINOWITZ
Reprinted in hardback by Gareth Stevens
Reprinted in paperback by Scholastic
EDITION PICTURED: Scholastic paperback
SUMMARY: Part of the Treasured Horses Collection
Historical pony story. Young Lucy is determined to prove that their Tennesee Walking Horse Clipper is worth more than her father's new-fangled model T car. Collection

PRETTY LADY OF SARATOGA
(ERTL [USA] 1997)
ILLUSTRATED BY SANDY RABINOWITZ
Reprinted in hardback by Gareth Stevens
Reprinted in paperback by Scholastic
EDITION PICTURED: Scholastic paperback
SUMMARY: Part of the Treasured Horses Collection
Historical set racing story. Young Polly is the daughter of a racehorse trainer. She loves a beautiful filly called Pretty Lady who belongs to a wealthy businessman living nearby. But Pretty Lady has been badly treated and is now too temperamental to race and she is sent to her owner's estate to become a brood mare. Polly is desperate to keep Pretty Lady by her side and also to prove that she can win a top race. She starts to visit the filly in her new home and with the help of stableboy Mike, she determines to train her in secret. But Mike too is keeping a secret of his own…
PONYMAD RATING: 3 HORSESHOES

Other Editions:

Treasured Horses Collection
(BACKPACK BOOKS [USA] 2003)
Reprinted in hardback
SUMMARY: Four book omnibus edition containing
Pretty Lady of Saratoga as well as three other books from the Treasured Horses series by other authors: Kate's Secret Plan and Riding School Rivals by Susan Saunders and also The Stallion of Box canyon by
Jahnna N. Malcolm


Collector's Info:
Although easy to find in the USA, these are fairly hard to get hold of elsewhere. However usually some of titles can be bought cheaply from the USA on Amazon UK.