I was born in 1976
In 1986 aged 10
I went to the cinema in Gillingham, Medway
To see the brand new My Little Pony movie
I was wearing a My Little Pony t-shirt
As was my sister age 7
We went with our mum
And on leaving the cinema were given a paper hat
And some puppet type colouring in things
I do not really remember the film
But I remember that we went
And being so very happy about it
And with my paper treasure
My favourite My Little Pony was Moonshine
My sister loved Apple Jack
Fast forward 30 years
And my own 7 year old daughter
Is My Little Pony mad
Not as mad as she might be if I did not limit her viewing
My Little Pony has changed since my day!
While we do not watch it very much on television
We do read the books
Which are surprisingly well written
And have a moral to each tale
Esther was so excited
When we were sent a bundle of books
From Egmont Publishers
To coincide with the release of the new movie
Which I will take Esther to see one day
And William too
As he hangs on every word of any story
And does like to watch My Little Pony
We have all been enjoying the books
And would like to tell you a little more about them
My Little Pony Movie Storybook
This is the book that Esther asked to have first
We read it together
As we have not seen the film
It was our first taste of the story
It was our first introduction to The Storm King and Commander Tempest
These are the baddies the Mane Six
Have to beat to protect Ponyville
On their adventure beyond Equestria
They are almost sold to the circus
Meet parrot pirates
Befriend sea ponies
And try to steal a magical pearl
They learn together
The magic and power of friendship
The story is well told
We read the whole story in one sitting
Many, many times
Esther loves being read to
She has also started reading to Bea
And I have found them a few times
Snuggled on the sofa together
Reading this book
My Little Pony Movie: Giant Sticker Storybook: with colouring
This is the second book we read
We spent a lot of time comparing this abridged version of the story
With the first retelling
We were also looking at which pictures were the same
And studying any that were different
It was a good illustration of how the same story
Can be told in different ways
But key things remain the same
My Little Pony Movie: Search and Find with Toy
This tells the story in a third way
It shows different pictures
Giving more visual detail to the story
And each page asks you to search the picture
To find different things
This is great fun
And good for developing visual discrimination skills
This book also has a quiz to see how well you know the story
Esther and I have done the quiz a few times now
And are finally getting all the answers right!
My Little Pony Movie: 1000 Sticker Activity Book
This is our least explored book
But it looks to provide a whole host of fun
It is filled to bursting with stickers
And activities
I am sure that we will have hours of fun
Creating pictures with the stickers
And puzzling over the puzzles
We love books like this one
For keeping in our day bag
As something we can get out and do
At cafes or in queues
Or waiting rooms!
We have had such a lovely time exploring these books
Esther loves them all
And has added the mini Commander Tempest figure
To her mini My Little Pony collection
I am going to have to take her to see the film
If you would like to explore these books
With your own My Little Pony fan
I have a book bundle here
To giveaway to you
You can win all four of the books mentioned in this review
From the lovely people at Egmont Publishing
All you have to do is complete the rafflecopter form below
UK Entrants only please
Good luck!
We were sent copies of the four books for the purpose of this review