Decie Merwin


	Decie Merwin American (I think!) author and illustrator. She wrote a few children's books, some of which she illustrated herself. She illustrated many books by other authors as well as her own. Wrote a couple of traditional type pony stories, one set in England. She was married to fellow author Jack Bechdolt and the pair collaborated on a number of children's stories, in particular the 'Dulcie' series, of which one included a donkey.


	Pony Books: DULCIE AND HER DONKEY (With Jack Bechdolt) (DUTTON 1944) ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR Reprinted in hardback by original publisher. There is also a Spanish language edition. Fairly rare. SUMMARY: Part of a series of books for younger children about the little girl Dulcie and her adventures. In this book Dulcie has lots of fun with her pet donkey, plus three other adventures. SOMERHAZE FARM aka HOLIDAY SUMMER (UK edition) (LIPPINCOTT [USA] 1958) (1st UK edition COLLINS 1960) ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR Published in the UK under title of HOLIDAY SUMMER by Collins in 1960 Reprinted in hardback in the UK by The Children's Press in 1966 and in 1968 SUMMARY: Americans Mary Lee and her brother Pat are staying at a farm in Somerset. Sickly Pat becomes healthy with all the fresh air and Mary Lee becomes firm friends with the farmer's daughter Gillian who lets her ride her ponies. The children then get mixed up with a ghostly legend and a missing necklace. PONYMAD RATING: 3 HORSESHOES ROBIN AND MR. JONES (OXFORD UNIV PRESS [USA] 1953) ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR Rare SUMMARY: Robin thinks that spending the Summer with her Aunt will be deadly dull. But then she meets the horse Mr. Jones and the horse-mad Talbot family and finds things looking up! Collector's info Holiday Summer is an easy book to find in the UK and not too hard to get hold of in the USA either. It is usually fairly low cost. It is harder to find under its original title. The other two books are hard to find, especially outside the USA.