Sparkles the Christmas Pony is a Holiday story for children. Sparkles, a Shetland pony, is grieving the loss of her best friend, an Araabian horse named Beauty. Even though her owner, Mary, takes good care of her, Sparkles is lonely and sad. She is unaware that her neighbor, Angelica, is a little girl who is also mourning the death of her pony Buttercup. As the story unfolds during the Christmas Holidays, the sorrow experienced by Sparkles and Angelica turns into joy due to an unexpecated exchange of gifts, skillfully wrapped in the ending of the story by the author. Soft cover book with 11 full color original illustrations created by the author. Twenty four pages. Age 3-10