My Little Pony Make Your Mark I Can Read!

The HarperCollins I Can Read! My Little Pony book series features pony characters from the Hasbro my little pony franchise. These books have been a big hit in my house because my children love the fifth generation of My Little Pony from the Netflix show Make Your Mark.

How Accessible is The Language in the My Little Pony Books?

The books are rated at level 1 and 2 of the I Can Read! series. I thought that this rating was too low because there are some difficult words to decode and I would have placed them all at level two or three.

The names of places are on the longer side like Equestria but the children were already familiar with these from watching the TV show. 

The biggest accessibility issue with these books are the "pony puns". Several equine word plays are used. For example, instead of everybody, anybody, nobody and somebody the books use everypony, anypony, nopony, somepony. The maritime area is called maretime bay, the 5 main ponies are called the mane 5. For emergent readers, second language leaners and those not familiar with the horse based vocabulary like mane and hoof they do take an extra step of explaining. It would have been nice to see a glossary included. Overall, the introduction of playing with language and wordplay as a literary device makes for an interesting learning point.

What books are included in the My Little Pony Magical Reading Collection?

The I Can Read! My Little Pony Magical Reading Collection is a boxset of 5 books from the Make Your Mark Series these are:

Level 2 Ponies Unite

Level 1 Izzy Does It

Level 1 Meet The Ponies of Maretime Bay

Level 1 Cutie Mark Mix Up

Level 2 New adventure

Other books that also compliment this boxset are:

Level 1 Where Rainbows Are Made 

Level 1 Misty's Tale 

Level 1 A Magical Valentine's Day

Level 1 Magic Runs Wild

These four books are from the Tell Your Tale series. They feature the same characters but have a different art style.

What My Little Pony Comics are in the I Can Read series?

There are 4 books in the I Can Read! My Little Pony Comic series. These simple comics are a great way to encourage reluctant readers. These books are presented in a comic strip style with all of them being rated as having level 1 vocabulary. These My Little Pony comics are based on the Tell Your Tale series.

Level 1 Sunny's Day

Level 1 Izzy Comes Home

Level 1 Sister Switch

Level 1 Detective Hitch

What Is The Difference Between My Little Pony Make your Mark and Tell Your Tale?

My Little Pony Make Your Mark and Tell Your Tale are both generation 5 ponies. The two series follow on directly from the movie My Little Pony: A New Generation. They both take place in the same world and timeline and have the same characters. Make Your Mark has a 3D style of animation and the stories in the episodes follow on from each other.  Make Your Mark is available on Netflix. Tell Your Tale has a 2D animation style and shorter self contained stories. Tell Your Tale is available on both Youtube and Netflix.

Which Generation Of Ponies Are in The I Can Read! Books?

There are several different series of My Little Pony called generations. I Can Read! offers books from more than one series.  If you are searching for My Little Pony books, toys or other merchandise be sure that the characters match the generation that you are interested in. You can use the image above to match the logo and the art style.

I Can Read! has books from the following generations or series:

My Little Pony 3rd Generation 2003-2009

Friendship Is Magic  2010-2019

Pony Life 2021-2022

Make Your Make 5th Generation 2022-2023

Tell Your Tale 5th Generation 2002-2004

What Is The Current Generation Of My Little Pony?

The most recent 5th generation had two TV shows My Little Pony Make Your Mark ended in 2023 and My Little Pony Tell Your Tale ended in 2024. My Little Pony 5th Generation comics from IDW were published until 2025. 

Is there a 6th generation of My Little Pony?

Currently there have been no announcements about a 6th generation of My Little Pony. There remains a large My Little Pony Fan base so keep an eye on their forum  and the official My Little Pony Instagram account for upcoming news. 

Are There More My Little Pony Books?

Aside from the I Can Read! series there are other several other generation 5 My Little Pony reading books available.  Also aimed at readers aged 4-8. 

My Little Pony Easter Egg Surprise

My Little Pony Merry Christmas Everypony

There is a monthly G5 My Little Pony Magazine which can be delivered internationally via the Newstand website, this comes with a plastic toy or stickers and has activities like mazes and wordsearches. The reader age 4-8 is similar to that of the I Can Read! series. 

There was a comic series published by IDW this was set in the 5th generation world and illustrated in the 2D Tell Your Tale style. There are omnibus editions of the comics. The vocabulary is more difficult than the I Can Read! series with Amazon recommending the reading age of 9-12. As such the themes are also darker and the stories more complex. These comics use block capitals for the typeface which can be difficult for emergent readers to follow. 

You can also find many appropriate reading books from the other generations of ponies.

The chapter books from the Friendship Is Magic generation would be a good stepping stone in transitioning to chapter books. 

The Equestria Girls chapter books which are based on an older readership ages 7-10 could also make a good follow on read.