Books like Good-Bye Pony

It is a chapter book and book 8 of the "Pony Pals" series. My now grown daughter LOVED these books as a child (she begin to read them when she was about 8) and read all of the ones in the series. I found her copy of many of them and decided to try and read them to see what they were like. You can read these as stand alone books; but the reader would understand and relate to the girls better if you read them in order. If you have to miss one 'here and there' it's not big deal; you won't be lost but just get the full effect better in order. It's a nice storybook of friendship for three girls (all 5th graders) and the bond they form with each other and each of their ponies. In this story it helped teach the girls that sometimes animals get old and just 'their time is over' regardless of what you do for them. One of the girls get angry at the vet because he says the pony's time is up and he wants to give him something so he won't be in pain as his final hours come. The girls all have to deal with mourning and letting go. GREAT book to help your child deal with death of a beloved pet.As a mother reading these books I really appreciate the way Ms Betancourt has written about the girls putting their heads together and trying to work out problems together and coming up with solutions themselves. As the young adults they are becoming it gives the girls in the story the opportunity to think things through. Which helps readers know they could do the same thing to try and find solutions as the young adults they will be in a few years. Thus far in each of the books I've read of this series the girls have tried to come up with solutions to problems and that is such a good thing to teach children