Breyer Series Books

These consist of three series of pony books based on the various horses and breeds from the Breyer model horse collection and are aimed at helping readers learn about the various breeds of horse and pony throughout the world.

The Breyer Stablemates books are pony books for younger readers based on the Breyer Stablemates model horses. Stories are traditional, usually with a lesson to be learned, and include a varying array of situations and ponies. Also includes information about the various breeds of horse featured. It seems to have had good reviews overall, but is aimed at the youngest end of the pony book reading market.

The Breyer Horse Collection is a similar series  which again focuses on different breeds of horse from the Breyer model range, each story based on a best-selling model. These books are however aimed at a slightly
older readership than the
Stablemates series.

The Wind Dancers Books are for early readers. They are based on the Breyer range of model winged horses, The Wind Dancers, and are fantasy stories about tiny magical flying horses.

The series are written by various authors including Suzanne Weyn, Jessie Haas, Kristin Earhart, Jane Gerver, Elizabeth Mills and Annie Wedekind.The named author of the
Wind Dancers series,  Sibley Miller,  is a pseudonym.

Breyer Stablemates Series:
Mainly traditional stories for younger readers.

STARLIGHT
By Kristin Earhart 
(SCHOLASTIC CARTWHEEL [USA] 2006)
ILLUSTRATED BY DAN ANDREASEN
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Starlight is a naughty foal who drives his owner Haley to distraction. But when Starlight goes missing one night Haley realises all she wants is to have him back.

PENNY
By Jane E. Gerver
(SCHOLASTIC CARTWHEEL [USA] 2006)
ILLUSTRATED BY LISA PAPP
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: A fantasy story in which a princess must go on a quest to learn how to become a good queen. She must choose a horse from the stables, and picks Penny, the most intelligent horse in the stables. Has she made the right choice and will her quest succeed?

SNOWFLAKE
By Suzanne Weyn & Kristin Earhart 
(SCHOLASTIC CARTWHEEL [USA] 2006)
ILLUSTRATED BY JACQUELINE ROGERS
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Snowflake is a rescued Percheron horse. As winter approaches four girls decide to raise money to buy him a rug to keep him warm.

PATCH
By Kristin Earhart 
(SHCOLASTIC CARTWHEEL [USA] 2006)
ILLUSTRATED BY LISA PAPP
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Sarah boasts to Lauren that her own pony is better than Lauren's. But it is Lauren and Patch who must come to the rescue when Sarah is in trouble.

LUCKY
By Jane E. Gerver
(SCOLASTIC CARTWHEEL [USA] 2006)
ILLUSTRATED BY JACQUELINE ROGERS
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Amy and her horse Lucky must compete in an upcoming show, but Amy is afraid….

BELLE
By Elizabeth Mills
(SCOLASTIC CARTWHEEL [USA] 2007)
ILLUSTRATED BY JACQUELINE ROGERS
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Belle is a quarter horse who lives in a big city park. She helps Emmy, who has just arrived in the city from the country, come to terms with her new life.

DIAMOND
By Suzanne Weyn
(SCOLASTIC CARTWHEEL [USA] 2009)
ILLUSTRATED BY ELISABETH ALBA
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Nobody wants to ride the Arab Diamond because she is so old, but Ava decides that she and Diamond can prove them wrong.

STORMY
By Elizabeth Mills
(SCOLASTIC CARTWHEEL [USA] 2010)
ILLUSTRATED BY JACQUELINE ROGERS
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Becky has problems with her pony Stormy and wins no rosettes and dislikes know-all Hannah who wins everything. But when Hannah cannot ride due to an injury and helps Becky to school Stormy, the two girls become friends after all.
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DASH
By Elizabeth Mills
(SCOLASTIC CARTWHEEL [USA] 2010)
ILLUSTRATED BY JACQUELINE ROGERS
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Jenny and Dash the quarter horse train for the barrel racing in the upcoming rodeo.

FANCY
By Kristin Earhart 
(SCOLASTIC CARTWHEEL [USA] 2010)
ILLUSTRATED BY ELISABETH ALBA
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Fancy is a small Welsh pony with whom Grace learns to ride and care for ponies.

Collector's Info:
All in print at time of writing, and available in the UK and USA.

Breyer Horse Collection Series:

WILD BLUE: THE STORY OF A MUSTANG APALOOSA
By Annie Wedekind
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2009)
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Blue is an appaloosa Mustang filly living with her herd in the Idaho wilderness. But when she is captured by rogue cowboys, the herd's secret location is threatened.

LITTLE PRINCE: THE STORY OF A SHETLAND PONY
By Annie Wedekind
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2009)
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY: Dauphin is a pampered Shetland pony living in a posh city stables who is a bit too full of himself until he is sent away to live with a new family on a farm in the middle of nowhere. It's a culture shock for the little pony but it leads to him learning what the real values of life are.

SAMIRAH'S RIDE: THE STORY OF AN ARABIAN FILLY
By Annie Wedekind
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2010)
Reprinted in paperback.
SUMMARY; When they are lost in the wilderness, Sami the Arabian mare must do her best to look after her young rider Jasper.

MERCURY'S FLIGHT: THE STORY OF A LIPIZZANER
STALLION
By Annie Wedekind
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2011)
SUMMARY: Historical tale about a Lipizzaner stallion at the Spanish Riding School in Vienna during the 1930s. As war tears the country apart, Mercury loses his beloved trainer Max…

CHICO'S CHALLENGE: THE STORY OF AN AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE
By Jessie Haas
(Due to be published November 2011)
SUMMARY: Chico the young buckskin quarter horse is to be trained as a cutting horse by his young owner Sierra.

Collector's Info:
All in print and available in the UK and USA. The books are also available as gift sets with the accompanying Breyer model.

Breyer Wind Dancers Series:
Younger readers fantasy series based on the  Breyer Wind Dancer model horses which are magical winged horses for younger children. The books are illustrated in colour and are firmly in the pink fluffy horse stories camp.

1) IF WISHES WERE HORSES
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2008)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: Four tiny winged horses burst from a dandelion seed and begin the first of many adventures together for Kona, Brissa, Sumatra and Sirocco.

2) HORSE HAPPY
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2008)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: The four friends set up home in an apple tree and go on an expedition to pick blackberries.

3) THE HORSE MUST GO ON
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2008)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: The wind dancers put on a talent show.

4) HORSES' NIGHT OUT
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2008)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: The four friends decide to have an adventure after dark!

5) HEADS UP HORSES
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2009)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: Will the foursome be broken up when Kona wants to play football with some real horses?

6) HORSES HER WAY
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2009)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: Beautiful Brissa is on a campaign to make the world as pretty as she is!

7) A HORSE OF COURSE!
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2009)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: The friends decide to try out a variety of careers.

8) HUNGRY AS A HORSE
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2009)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: Food obsessed Sirroco learns to cook!

9) A HORSE'S BEST FRIEND
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2011)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: When they find a stray puppy the friends want to keep him. But are they suitable owners?

10) MERRY-GO-HORSES
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2011)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: The friends visit a country fair.

11) HORSEY TRAILS
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2011)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: The pals are off on the trail when they join a horse camp.

12) MAGIC HORSES OR NOT?
By Sibley Miller
(FIEWEL & FRIENDS [USA] 2011)
ILLUSTRATED BY TARA LARSEN CHANG & JO GERSHMAN
SUMMARY: In their desire to be like real horses the wind dancers wish away their magic? Will they cope without it and can they get it back?

Collector's Info:
All in print and available in the UK and USA.