The Forest Fairy Pony

By Sarah KilBride and Sophie Tilley

Princess Evie and her pony go on a magical journey in this first book in an enchanting new chapter book series about a princess, her stable full of ponies, and the amazing adventures they share.

Princess Evie is worried about making friends as she joins a new class at school. But her mind is soon put to rest with the help of her magic pony, Willow. Evie and Willow go exploring and find an enchanted forest where they meet a group of forest fairies. Evie makes friends with Arwen, who needs her help rescuing a baby hedgehog. Could their act of kindness lead them to discover a secret fairy treasure?

Cover illustration by Paula Franco.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Jun 1, 2021
• ISBN: 9781534476295

Sarah KilBride

Sarah KilBride is the author of Princess Evie’s Ponies. This series is enjoyed worldwide and Sarah is thrilled to see Evie’s adventures are now available in the US with Aladdin. She lives in the Black Mountains, Wales, with her husband, two young daughters, and Sid the cat.

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Cover: The Forest Fairy Pony, by Sarah KilBride, illustrated by Sophie Tilley

Princess Evie

The Forest Fairy Pony

Sarah KilBride

The Forest Fairy Pony, by Sarah KilBride, illustrated by Sophie Tilley, Aladdin

For the magical Gwion & Arwen

—SARAH KILBRIDE

To Paul

—SOPHIE TILLEY

CHAPTER 1

Sleepyhead

Princess Evie woke with a start. Wow, everyone must still be asleep, thought Evie. Even Sparkles! Her kitten was usually at the door first thing in the morning waking Evie up with a noisy meow, but Starlight Castle was completely silent. Evie snuggled up under her cozy feather duvet and sighed. I’ll have to wake up earlier than this on Monday, she thought to herself. I’ll need plenty of time to feed my ponies before getting ready for the first day at my new school!

Evie loved her beautiful ponies. They weren’t like any other ponies—each one of them was magic. There was a tunnel of trees at Starlight Stables that no one else knew about, and whenever Evie rode one of her ponies through the tunnel of trees they were whisked away on a magical adventure in a faraway land. As they galloped out of the tunnel, Evie’s ponies would be magically transformed, their manes and tails glittering and their coats swirling with different colors, and Evie would be wearing an exquisite new outfit.

Evie sat up in her four-poster bed and rubbed her sleepy eyes. She smiled as she remembered all the places that her ponies had taken her and the wonderful friends she’d met—forest fairies, cloud sprites, and even polar bears! Souvenirs from her adventures were dotted around her room: a wand from Foxwood School of Magic, a silver bracelet with the precious pink pearl from Periwinkle the mermaid, and, on the marble mantelpiece, the snowflake necklace given to her by the ice pixies. Even her purple silk pajamas were a souvenir from a magical desert sleepover with the seven star princesses!

How am I ever going to find time to have adventures with my ponies when I’m at school? Evie wondered out loud as she jumped down from her bed. She landed softly on her white fluffy rug and shivered. The fire had gone out in the grate and her big bedroom felt chilly. Evie quickly slipped on her coral-pink dressing gown and