Pony Island by Candice Ransom
It’s here! Pony Swim and Auction Week on Chincoteague Island. Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on the Town to watch the swim, enjoy the beach, browse the shops, eat lots of ice cream and, perhaps, go home with a new pony.
Pony Island, the new book by Candice Ransom, takes the reader on a lyrical trip through the history of the Chincoteague Island pony swim and auction.
It’s here! Pony Swim and Auction Week on Chincoteague Island. Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on the Town to watch the swim, enjoy the beach, browse the shops, eat lots of ice cream and, perhaps, go home with a new pony.
Pony Island, the new book by Candice Ransom, takes the reader on a lyrical trip through the history of the Chincoteague Island pony swim and auction.
Big ship wrecks
Stormy sea
Cargo horses
Swimming free
Churning water
Cannon wade
Struggling horses
Lost, afraid
Empty Island
Room to roam
Birds and beaches
Brand-new home
In amazingly concise text coupled with bold, creative illustrations by Wade Zahares, young readers will learn about the shipwreck that brought the ponies to Assateague Island, the fire that prompted the Chincoteague Fire Department to make the swim and auction an annual fund-raising event and the activities during Pony Swim Week, including the return of the unsold ponies to Assateague Island. Pony Island is the perfect book for young people who may not quite be ready to read Misty of Chincoteague but are ready for a story about the Chincoteague ponies. For more information, click here.
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