About the book
Ella spends a day at a riding school where she finds out how to ride and look after a pony.
Reading the book
Talk together
Look at the cover of the book together. Talk about the photograph.
Ask: What do you think will happen in this book? Is this something you would like to do?
Read the blurb and talk about what you might find in this book.
Read the Contents list and talk about the range of activities mentioned. Ask: Which chapter are you most interested in?
During reading
If your child stumbles over a particular word, help them to sound it out. Break it down into sections and support them with tricky or irregular sounds. Tell them the whole word if necessary.
Tricky words in this book: bridle, girth, reins, saddle, stirrup, arena, jodhpurs.
Some words that might be hard to understand are in bold. Those words are explained in the Glossary on p16.
Look out for …
… words for the parts of a pony’s foot. Can you find the frog? What is it?
2 LEVEL
TWO
A Day for a Pony Pony
June Crebbin
Text © June Crebbin 2014
A Pony for a Day was originally published in English in 2014. This edition is published by arrangement with Oxford University Press.
Copyright norsk utgave © 2020 by Vigmostad & Bjørke AS All Rights Reserved
1. utgave / 1. opplag 2020
ISBN: 978-82-11-03619-3
Grafisk produksjon: John Grieg, Bergen
Omslagsdesign: Oxford University Press Omslagsfoto: Bob Langrish Illustratør: Julia Patton Fotograf: Bob Langrish
Thanks to Summerhouse Equestrian Centre and to our models Zara and Martine
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Hello, Cracker! Grooming Ready to Go Follow My Leader! Feeding Time Ride Away Goodbye, Cracker Glossary and Index Contents 4 6 8 10 12 14 15 16
Hello,
Cr cker!
Ella was at a riding school. She was very excited. She was going to ride a pony and look after it all day! But which one?
Hello, Cracker!
Meg showed her Cracker. His coat was brown and white. He had a black mane.
Meg4
Ella
mane
tail
Cracker
A pony can be up to 148 cm high, from the ground to the top of its back. Hello, Ella! I’m a bit muddy!
148 cm 5
Groomin
Cracker needed to be groomed. Ella brushed the mud off Cracker’s coat. It was hard work!
Meg showed her how to scrape the mud out of Cracker’s foot. That was hard work, too, but Ella wanted to have a go. Up,
6
Cracker, Up!
dandy brush: to rub off mud
hoof-pick: to clean feet
wall: the hard outside covering of the hoof
sole Mind my frog !
frog: the soft part of the foot
7
Re dy
to Go
Ella couldn’t wait to ride Cracker. She helped to put on his bridle and saddle.
8
saddle
reins girth
bridle stirrup 9
bit
She did up the girth under his tummy. Cracker was ready to ride! Let’s go!
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