My Little Pony: Magic Runs Wild

PreS-Gr 2–One morning, Izzy wakes up and feels like she is not herself. She does not want to do anything she loves, and her magic is gone. Her friend Zipp is worried but tells Izzy, “If you’re not feeling your best, it’s time to go on a quest!” Izzy grabs the Nova Charm, which opens portals to other lands. She visits an icy forest and meets an ice pony, then the dragon lands where a dragon encourages her to take a chance, and the ocean where she makes friends with a sea pony. When Izzy arrives back home, she finds herself in the old fairgrounds. Looking around, she sees time and decay has taken its toll: The rides are broken, and the park is in disarray. Izzy’s heart starts to beat faster as a surge of magic “sparked ideas of how to fix up the fairgrounds. Her creative magic was back!” Izzy uses her newly returned magic to fix the park and turn on the lights and rides. All her friend ponies see the lights and run over, happy to have Izzy back home. Parents and caregivers will have no trouble using this book to help children gain interest in reading. Easy words, captivating illustrations and word repetition help emergent readers, and a magic pony is an irresistible character: Izzy is fun to follow on her quest to find her magic.