SuitabookStar Ponies
Katie Price
- Reading
- Before reading, talk about what television filming might involve. During the story, pause when choices are made and ask whose hopes are being considered; leave the ending open until it is read.
- Themes
- Belonging and selection: The book addresses belonging and selection; the detail of how it is developed remains unclear. The situation creates room to consider belonging and fairness, but the book’s judgement about selection is unclear.
- Care and responsibility: The girls groom ponies, sweep the yard and muck out at the riding school, presenting routine care as part of their involvement with the animals. The book presents this favourably.
- Worth knowing
- Notice how the friends respond if not every pony or girl is chosen. You could discuss fairness, disappointment and whether caring for the ponies matters independently of appearing on television.