My Pony Ride

This is delightful! A lovely picture book for very young children which follows a child and her father on a gentle pony ride through the country. The pictures are clear and uncluttered in soft colours which let the reader concentrate on the people and animals and their environment. There is no story as such. Instead, two words on each page tell what is happening in a series of opposite statements ('deep ditch, shallow stream; bumpy field, smooth yard') which are wonderful for language development and descriptive skills. Any young child would be enriched by sharing this book with an adult and many will want to read it for themselves, too, so the bold print is an added bonus.