Donkey & Mule Society Library

The List of Books available to members of the Donkey & Mule Society of NZ Inc. (List Updated January 2010)

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Complete Library list as at January 2010

NON-FICTION - INFORMATION

The Art of Long Reining (Sylvia Stanier)
Australian Donkeys (Ann Walker)
The Book of the Donkey (Robin Borwick)
The Book of Mules (Donna Campbell Smith)
Canadian Donkey & Mule Association - Handbook
Caring For Your Miniature Donkey (Bonnie Gross)
Carriage Driving (Heike Bean & Sarah Blanchard)
The Definitive Donkey (Betsy & Paul Hutchins)
The Donkey Book (Joan Cooke)
The Donkey Breeders Handbook (Ruth Harris)
Donkey Business III (Christine Berry & Jo-Anne Kokas)
The Donkey - Care and Feeding (Sybile Sewell)
The Donkey Companion (Sue Weaver)
Donkey Driving (Vivian & Richard Ellis & Joy Claxton)
Donkey Foaling Manual (Bonnie Gross)
Donkey Keeping and Breeding (Angela Barrows)
Donkey Wrinkles and Tales (Marjorie Dunkels)
Donkeys (Robin Borwick)
The Donkeys Owners' Guide (R S Summerhays)
Donkeys: Miniature, Standard, and Mammoth: A Veterinary Guide for Owners and Breeders (Stephen R. Purdy, DVM) NEW
Donkeys, Ponies & Mules (Ann Walker)
Driving Do's and Don'ts (Sallie Walrond)
Driving Questions Answered (Sallie Walrond)
The Encyclopaedia of Driving (Sallie Walrond)
A Guide To Raising & Showing Mules (Meredith Hodges)
The Harness Horse (Edward Hart)
Horse Control and the Bit (Tom Roberts)
Horse Control Reminiscences (Tom Roberts)
Horse Control - The Rider (Tom Roberts)
Horse Control - The Young Horse (Tom Roberts)
Imprint Training of the New Born Foal (Robert Miller)
Introduction To Donkeys (Donkey Society of Australia)
The Irish Donkey (Averil Swinfen)
Keeping a Donkey (Dorothy Morris)
Keeping Your Donkey Healthy (Janet Eley)
The Key to Calm Healthy Horses (Jenny Paterson)
A Lesson on the Donkey (Elisabeth Svendsen)
Looking After a Donkey (Dorothy Morris)
Make Your Own Donkey Cart and Harness (Brian Beck)
Make Your Own Donkey Packing Gear (Brian Beck)
Make Your Own Donkey Snigging Gear (Brian Beck)
Make Your Own Donkey Training Gear (Brian Beck)
The Modern Mule (Betsy & Paul Hutchins)
The Mule (Lorraine Travis)
The Mule A Treatise On The Breeding Training And Uses To Which He May Be Put (Harvey Riley)
The Mule Companion (Cynthia Attar)
Natural Horse Care (Pat Coleby)
Natural Horse Care rev. ed (Pat Coleby)
Pack D' in on Mules & Horses A Passion for Donkeys (Elisabeth Svendsen)
People with Long Ears (Robin Borwick)
A Practical Guide to Handling and Training a Donkey (W Mayer)
The Professional Handbook of the Donkey (Elisabeth Svendsen)
The Professional Handbook of the Donkey second ed (Elisabeth Svendsen)
The Professional Handbook of the Donkey third ed (Elisabeth Svendsen)
Those Magnificent Mules - Equus Revisited: a complete approach to athletic conditioning (Meredith Hodges)
Save The Poitou Donkey (M A Philippe)
Starting to Drive (Sallie Walrond)
Step by Step Trick Training (Jackie Johnson)
To Own a Donkey (Jenifer Simpson)
Training Mules and Donkeys - A Logical Approach to Longears (Meredith Hodges)
Training Mules and Donkeys - A Logical Approach to Longears - Donkey Training (Meredith Hodges)
Training Mules and Donkeys - A Logical Approach to Longears - Equine Management and Donkey Training (Meredith Hodges)
Training Mules and Donkeys - A Logical Approach to Longears - Training Without Resistance From Foal to Advanced Levels (Meredith Hodges)
Training Your Donkey (Marjorie Dunkels)
Understanding The Horse's Mind - The use of Equine Psychology in Training Horses
Your Donkey (Ruth Harris)

NON-FICTION — INFORMATION - CD

Make Your Own Working Donkey Harness & Gear (Brian & Kate Beck)

NON-FICTION — STORIES

An Amazon and a Donkey (Natascha Scott-Stokes)
Birds, Beasts and Relatives (Gerald Durrell)
Bray for Inspiration (Ian Baker)
Braying Tales (Gerry Livingston & Marilyn Watson)
The Bumper Book of Donkeys (Elisabeth Svendsen)
A Donkey Doctor's Diary (Elisabeth Svendsen)
The Donkey Drivers (Kate Burbidge)
A Donkey in the Meadow (Derek Tangye)
Donkey Man (Ron Brewer)
Donkey - The Mystique of Equus Asinus (Michael Tobias & Jane Morrison)
The Donkey who Carried the Wounded (Jackie French)
Donkey Work (Doreen Tovey)
Donkeys Galore (Averil Swinfen)
Donkification (Ray Boyce)
Down Among the Donkeys (Elisabeth Svendsen)
Downhill All The Way (Hilary Macaskill & Molly Wood)
Enamoured of an Ass (Stella Walker)
An Extravagance of Donkeys (Janet Baker-Carr)
For the Love of Donkeys (Elisabeth Svendsen)
From Dawn to Dusk at the Donkey Sanctuary (Elisabeth Svendsen)
In Defence of Donkeys (Elisabeth Svendsen)
A Joy of Wild Asses (Ann Walker)
More Travels in a Donkey Trap (Daisy Baker)
My Kingdom for a Donkey (Doris Rybot)
The Natural Superiority of Mules (John Hauer)
Not Only a Hero (Tom Curran)
Some Of My Best Friends Are Animals (Michael Willis)
Spanish Steps (Tim Moore)
Travels for a Donkey (Elisabeth Svendsen)
Travels in a Donkey Trap (Daisy Baker)
Travels with a Donkey (R L Stevenson)
Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalusia (Penelope Chetwode)
A Week in the Life of the Donkey Sanctuary (Elisabeth Svendsen)
When the Winds Blow (Derek Tangye)
The Winding Lane (Derek Tangye)
The Wisdom of Donkeys (Andy Merrifield)

FICTION BOOKS (*suitable for a younger reader age)

The Boy and the Donkey (Diana Pullein-Thompson)
Brighty of the Grand Canyon (Marguerite Henry)
Brown Sunshine of Sawdust Valley* (Marguerite Henry)
Culotte the Donkey (Henri Bosco)
Dan and His Donkey * (Pamela Roger)
Desert Dan * (Elizabeth Coatsworth)
A Donkey and a Dandelion (Doris Rybot)
A Donkey Called Dondo (Kim Simmons)
A Donkey Called Haryat (Mary Drewery)
A Donkey Called Paloma (Nina Warner-Hooke)
Donkey Cart Kids (Bobbie Montgomery)
Donkey Dust (Jane Buxton)
Donkey Leads The Way * (Hiawyn Oram)
Donkey on the Doorstep * (Lucy Daniels)
The Donkey on the Sands (Enid Blyton)
The Donkey Race (Diana Pullein-Thompson)
The Donkey Rustlers (Gerald Durrell)
The Donkey Upstairs * (Frances Eagar)
The Donkey's Crusade (Jean Morris)
Donkey's Glory (Nan Goodall)
Fedrico (Helen Griffiths)
Jane's Lonely Donkey (Jill Stevens)
The Journey of Ching Lai * (Eleanor Lattimore)
Lucy's Donkey Rescue * (Mary Hooper)
Mary in the Country (Golden Gorse)
The Mule on the Motorway (Paul Berna)
Operation Sippacik (Rumer Godden)
Peter And The Jumbie (Dorothy Clewes)
Red Sea Rescue (Arthur Catherall)
The School Donkey Disaster * (Jacqueline Pinto)
The Silver Donkey (Sonya Hartnett)
Special Delivery * (Gillian Baxter)
A Tale of Two Donkeys * (Malcolm Carter)
That Ass Neddy (Ethel Nokes)
Three-dollar Mule * (Clyde Bulla)
Tom Ass or The Second Gift (Ann Lawerence)
The Turf-Cutter's Donkey Goes Visiting (Patricia Lynch)
The Winter Donkey (Lois Lamplugh)

CHILDREN'S BOOKS (* suitable for a younger reader age) (# suitable for the beginning reader)

Alfred the helpful donkey (Judy Brook)
All About Donkeys (Graham Meadows)
Ambrosia's Picnic # (Jane Buxton)
The Angel and the Donkey (James Reeves)
Antonio and the Secret Garden (Dinah)
Antonio's Day (Dinah)
Are Donkeys Dumb # (Jan Spray)
Bandy and Peanuts save Little Owl (Elisabeth Svendsen)
Brown Donkey # (Eileen Ryder)
The Champion Donkeys (Elisabeth Svendsen)
The Christmas Book (Donna Kelly)
Coconut Comes to School (Berlie Doherty)
Dabble the Donkey * (F D Hoggard)
Danny Finds the Sea *(Ursula Hourihane)
Darby the Donkey (Esta de Fossard)
Donkey (George Ciantar)
The Donkey and His Band # (Janet & John Story Book)
The Donkey and The Wolf (Aesop's Fable)
Donkey Day # (Dora Castley)
A Donkey is Born )Fran Byrd)
The Donkey Man (Glyn Harper)
Donkey Work # (Diana Noonan)
Donkeys (Adelheid Dahimene-Heide Stollinger)
The Donkey's Gift (Thomas Coffey)
The Donkey's Tale # (Helen Piers)
Eeyore and Christmas Crackers (Elisabeth Svendsen)
Eeyore Helps the Children (Elisabeth Svendsen)
Father Christmas and the Donkey (Elizabeth Clarke)
The Good Magician and the Foolish Boy (Fable)
Horse Pie (Dick King-Smith)
The Hungry Donkey # (Heather Amery)
Jasper - The Story of a Mule (Meredith Hodges)
Jasper - A Christmas Caper (Meredith Hodges)
Jasper - A Fabulous Fourth (Meredith Hodges)
Jasper - A Precious Valentine (Meredith Hodges)
Jasper - A Turkey Tale (Meredith Hodges)
Jo-Jo the Melon Donkey (Michael Morpurgo)
Little Grey Donkey (Alice Lunt)
Little Mo # (Helen Haywood)
Luke's Mule # (Judy Kentor Schmauss)
The Magic Donkey (Carolyn Joyce)
The Magic Donkey Ride (Giles Andreae)
Marko the Obstinate Donkey (Ivan Geintschev)
More Adventures of Eeyore (Elisabeth Svendsen)
Mr Gallagher's Donkey (Mary Windsor)
Room for a Little One (Martin Waddell)
School Journal Part 1 - Lazy Jack * Simpson and his Donkey (Mark Greenwood)
The Small Miracle *(Paul Gallico)
The Small One: A Good Samaritan (Katherine Brown)
The Story of Dusty the Little Ethiopian Donkey (Elisabeth Svendsen)
The Story of Eeyore - The Naughtiest Donkey in the Sanctuary (Elisabeth Svendsen)
The Story of Joe, the Donkey who flew to Jamaica (Elisabeth Svendsen)
The Story of Pepe, the Donkey who went to Market (Elisabeth Svendsen)
The Story of Suey, the Beach Donkey (Elisabeth Svendsen)
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (William Steig)
Tansy's Rescue (Elisabeth Svendsen)
The Three Donkeys (David Kossoff)
Tiny Titch Saves the Day (Elisabeth Svendsen)
Why is the Sky Blue? (Sally Grindley)

VIDEOS

American Video Series produced by Meredith Hodges
1 — Foal Training
2 — Preparing for Performance: Groundwork
3 — Preparing for Performance: Driving
4 — Basic Foundation for Saddle
5 — Intermediate Saddle Training
6 — Advanced Saddle Training
7 — Jumping
8 — Management, Fitting and Grooming
9 — Donkey Training: Introduction to Basic Training
10 — Keys to Training the Donkey: Saddle Training & Jumping

Other videos

Basic Donkey Care (Eng)
Basic Donkey Health Care (Eng)
Breeding: Foaling, Jenny and Foal, Gelding, Young Foals etc
Clicker Training and Beyond (horse training)
Dancing Donkeys (2000 AGM)
Donkey Work (Eng)
Early Learning — Learning Imprint Training - Foals
Hoof Care for Donkeys (Aust)
IDPT At Work (Eng)
Judging Donkeys and Mules (Canada)
Major Education: Riding, Driving, Working with bulls
Mules (USA)
Serious Breeding: Conformation, Showing Hand Serving

DVD's

American Video Series produced by Meredith Hodges:

• 1 — Foal Training
  2 — Preparing for Performance: Groundwork
  3 — Preparing for Performance: Driving
  4 — Basic Foundation for Saddle
  5 — Intermediate Saddle Training
  6 — Advanced Saddle Training
  7 — Jumping
  8 — Management, Fitting and Grooming
  9 — Donkey Training: Introduction to Basic Training
  10 — Keys to Training the Donkey: Saddle Training & Jumping

Basic Donkey Care (Eng)
Basic Donkey Health Care (Eng)
Donkey Training (USA)
Hoof Care for Donkeys (Donkey Hoof Care)(Aust)
An introduction to driving your donkey (Eng)
Love Those Longears (Bishop Mule Days - USA
Those Magnificent Mules DVDs produced by Meredith Hodges:

• TMM: The Story of Lucky Three Ranch & The Road to Bishop
  TMM: The Bishop All Stars & The Bishop Experience
  TMM: Equus Revisited: a complete approach to athletic conditioning
  TMM: Walk On: Exploring Therapeutic Riding

Children's DVD's

Jasper - The Story of a Mule (Meredith Hodges)