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Every once in a while a great race horse is born that will become famous throughout the land. This book is about such a horse. Perhaps even rarer comes a truly wonderful story about a horse and the human being closest to it. Two beings, horse and human, are bound in an unspoken love and respect which draws the finest from both of them. This book by award-winning author Kathleen Peyton, tells their story.

Minna is just a blacksmith's daughter, yet she succeeds in raising a sickly abandoned foal, turning him into the pride of the Roman cavalry. Her stubborn determination and fiery nature burn brightly in the quiet fort of Othana and soon attract the secret admiration of the proud commander Theo. But even Theo cannot imagine the part Minna and her beloved horse will play when Othana is threatened by bloodthirsty pirates.

All That Glitters is a fabulously funny story about two scruffy ponies, fancy dressage horses, competition, friendships, adventure and buried treasure which will appeal to boys and girls who love ponies and life outdoors!

It's the 1920s - cars and planes are new. Lily Gabriel is scruffy and confident and takes no nonsense from anyone. Antony is rich, spoiled, and arrogant, and Lily is completely and utterly - no nonsense! - in love with him. So join Lily as she falls: falls in love, falls out of the sky, falls through time. And effortlessly, inescapably, falls into her future.

From the moment she first sees him, Rowan is head over heels in love with Swallow, the spirited bay pony who enters her life with a bang - literally. But wild Swallow is hard to handle, and Rowan suffers falls, bruises and plenty of teasing as she struggles to master him. Then a suspicious-looking man turns up, claiming that Swallow is his pony....

Milly and Micky are sent away to France on holiday. From the start Milly is worried that it’s not going to work. Uncle Kevin and Auntie Jackie are all right, but they don’t really understand children – and they certainly don’t understand Micky who has never been exactly ‘good’.Milly and Micky decide to go home. The trouble is, they are now in the middle of France! And that is just the start of their adventures…

Roman servant girl Minna has run away to the big city on her beloved horse, Silva. Hopelessly in love with the courageous commander Theo, her only thought is to gain his admiration - whatever it takes. Spying a magnificent horse stolen from the Roman army, she sees her chance: steal back the stallion and win Theo’s heart. But the horse is guarded by a wild band of thieves led by a ruthless warrior, and when Minna puts her plan into action, she sparks a deadly chain of events from which there can be no turning back.