Husband witnessed this many years ago and we bought the books to share with grandchildren. Very simple but well written story
I loved this book! It is one of my favorites, and I like everything about it - except what the fire chief saiad about the colts, but that's way minor. The characters are nice, the horses are pretty, and Pony Penning seems so much different then than now! I like all of the Misty books except for the last one.
Small is beautiful
In 1947, Marguerite Henry's Misty of Chincoteague helped put a quintessentially American event on the map--the annual pony swim from one Virginia barrier island, Assateague, to neighboring Chincoteague. Based on a true story, her children's classic has a pair of pony-mad siblings and their twinkly grandfather as its human heroes, but the magnetic Phantom and her foal, Misty--who in real life lived on until 1972--steal the show.
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Blast from the Past
My sister and I read this book as young girls. I bought this for her recent birthday just before we went away for a girls' weekend to Virginia and actually visited Chincoteague Island to see the ponies. It was great to relive the story!
