tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post3807913815833117301..comments2024-02-27T10:50:27.922+00:00Comments on Books, Mud and Compost. And Horses.: Bonar Dunlop and the Piebald QuestionJane Badgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-58965203804440800582013-04-09T06:38:33.274+01:002013-04-09T06:38:33.274+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17291198618868722998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-73806119466313021162013-04-05T12:06:39.107+01:002013-04-05T12:06:39.107+01:00Are the guinea pigs mini horses because of the tro...Are the guinea pigs mini horses because of the trouble they cause?!Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-75377793988548121452013-04-04T13:21:08.329+01:002013-04-04T13:21:08.329+01:00Thanks to Juxtabook I've just found you! I co...Thanks to Juxtabook I've just found you! I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Black Boy had been pc'd. Words fail me. I still have my six orignal Jill books (in hardback). Sadly the paperback Pullein-Thompsons and loads of others were thinned out along the way. I kept the Silver Brumby four, though.<br /><br />I'm in the process of writing a modern Black Beauty, I expect a lot of people have done that. Meanwhile I write about the animals I managed to fit in my house - my guinea-pigs. One vet called them mini-horses, not rodents, and he's right :)<br /><br />Jemima at <a href="http://jemimapett.com" rel="nofollow">Jemima's blog</a><br /><br />Jemima Petthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17110647375899927233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-5312233850405790932013-03-22T12:40:09.716+00:002013-03-22T12:40:09.716+00:00Jusat thoiught I'd better check - have been lo...Jusat thoiught I'd better check - have been looking forward to this for a long time - just posted my order! madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-16990216303962778662013-03-20T09:34:41.172+00:002013-03-20T09:34:41.172+00:00I don't think so! But I'm very glad that y...I don't think so! But I'm very glad that you want to.Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-23968203576010840962013-03-18T14:25:05.500+00:002013-03-18T14:25:05.500+00:00I know I've said I want a copy of your book bu...I know I've said I want a copy of your book but it was so long ago I can't remember if I've actually put in an order or not?<br />Sorry! madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-3026829037121244512013-03-18T00:04:29.851+00:002013-03-18T00:04:29.851+00:00Interesting about the colouring of Black Boy!
And...Interesting about the colouring of Black Boy!<br /><br />And very exciting about your book! :)Christinehttp://equus-blog.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-40673392615480400802013-03-16T11:42:37.953+00:002013-03-16T11:42:37.953+00:00I agree with you on the updating. As far as I know...I agree with you on the updating. As far as I know, no one's ever updated the Frances Hodgson Burnetts. I hope that they can be read as period pieces now: after all Jill's Gymkhana is now 65 years old!<br /><br />Christina, I think maybe we should provide some illustrations to be coloured in with the magic of <br />Jane Badgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02628233623713926723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-67756600421063125322013-03-15T14:24:22.931+00:002013-03-15T14:24:22.931+00:00How wonderful that you were able to finally provid...How wonderful that you were able to finally provide a portrait of the illustrator of these books. I remember being puzzled about Black Boy's switcheroo in coloring, too--he was clearly black in the text and on the cover of my editions but piebald in the illustrations. I was tempted to color in the illustrations to right this wrong.Christina Wilsdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02472802098557216513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-65695312546003648462013-03-15T12:14:12.772+00:002013-03-15T12:14:12.772+00:00I agree with the previous post. Doubtless Bonar Du...I agree with the previous post. Doubtless Bonar Dunlop was a good choice once the books were updated with a piebald Black Boy although I loved the chunky, workmanlike ponies that Caney drew.The problem was the inconsistency of it all. The updating was much weaker than that carried out by Goodchild editions of Monica Edwards-Ruby Ferguson not having had input. A classic example is Amanda's clothing in Jill and the Perfect Pony. Updating never really works. The books were written to be of that time and changes put them in a sort of no-man's time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8782167599693788794.post-49330781609288412852013-03-15T11:24:05.152+00:002013-03-15T11:24:05.152+00:00I'd always assumed that this was all part of t...I'd always assumed that this was all part of the "politically correct" changes that also included changing the name to Danny Boy. Having grown up with the original Caney versions, both pictures and text, I'm not a huge fan of any of the various changes that have taken place over the years. The text changes are worse, in my opinion. They alter the character of the books much more than a change of illustrator does. Goldieloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01787685030334225140noreply@blogger.com