Today is a special day for the Pony Scouts. It’s time for Megand Annie’s first-ever riding lesson on Jill’s farm, followed by aPony Scouts sleepover! With so many fun things planned, the girlscouldn’t ask for any more excitement... until a small surpriseturns out to be their biggest thrill of a

 NEW TITLE IN ORIGINAL SERIES REALLY RIDING! is the second offour PONY SCOUTS I Can Read titles, after PONY CRAZY (Winter 2009).This brand-new series is full of all the rich details for younghorse lovers to devour, from pony-centric plots to a “PonyPointers” vocabulary page at the end of each book. PONY BOOKS AREHOT From Saddle Club to Thoroughbred and Charming Ponies, horsebooks sell and sell. EASY-TO-READ PONY BOOKS PONY SCOUTS bringseasy-to-read stories to perfect age group: 5 to 7 year olds! LITTLEEASY-TO-READ COMPETITION The main competition for the early readeraudience is Scholastic’s Breyer Stablemates series. These titlesare a series in branding only: the stories are not connected toeach other. A PONY LOVER’S PROJECT Both the author and illustratorof the PONY SCOUTS series are completely pony crazy! Author CathyHapka raises a mare on her farm, and artist Anne Kennedy lovesriding her horse whenever she