The Winter Pony

Name: The Winter Pony
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Iain Lawrence
ISBN: 9781464029127

Author: Iain Lawrence

Narrator: Simon Prebble, Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 7 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/02/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories

Synopsis

Iain Lawrence's New York Times bestsellers are often singled out for recognition from numerous publications and organizations, including the ALA, School Library Journal, and Booklist. In The Winter Pony, Lawrence pens the mesmerizing tale of a young white Siberian pony who escapes a group of cruel masters only to enter the company of Englishman Robert Falcon Scott. Joining Scott's men and their race to the South Pole, the pony is soon given a name, James Pigg, as he and the rest embark on a thrilling race to reach the bottom of the world-a race in which not everyone will survive.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Philip on March 13, 2024

RE-READ UPDATE: Yup, still a great book; still a totally misleading cover. In spite of nominally being a book for younger readers, this remains one of the most grueling tales of polar exploration I've ever read, (although it's never too early to teach the little ones that life is absolutely not a be......more

Goodreads review by Peacegal on May 01, 2019

The inspiration of classic animal novels such as BLACK BEAUTY and THE CALL OF THE WILD are on display in THE WINTER PONY. This historical fiction book imagines the early 20th-century race to lay claim to the South Pole through the eyes of a pony thrust into this merciless journey. Indeed, much has b......more

Goodreads review by Kelsi on February 01, 2017

Oh God, why would you bring ponies to the South Pole? Why?! Wow. That was probably the saddest book I've ever read, and that includes Black Beauty. The Winter Pony is the new Black Beauty but in the South Pole. But, like Black Beauty, it'll have a special place in my heart, because this book is a mas......more

Goodreads review by Andrea at Reading Lark on July 07, 2013

Review Posted on Reading Lark 7/7/13: [URL not allowed] I picked this one up at the library because this past school year I had a student who was crazy about horses. I kept trying to find things for her to read and thought this might be a good fit. I also love well done histori......more