U.S. Pony Club Manual of Horsemanship, D Level, 2nd Edition, by Susan E. Harris
Of course you don’t have to belong to the Pony Club to benefit from this excellent beginner’s manual. Illustrated mostly with line drawings and some b&w photos, it covers the basics of what you need to know to keep and ride horses and ponies. Don’t be put off because the reference is just to ponies, because the information holds true for all sizes of equus caballus.

Paperback, 323 pages