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Let's be serious here. We all love our ponies. We all love our stories as well. But sometimes I think that we forget ourselves. There are so many stories here of tragedy and loss. There are so many stories here that involve quirky and surreal situations. And so, to rekindle a sort of forgotten flame, here is The Great Equestrian Picturebook, so that we can more so remember the kid inside of us.

This is pretty much a drawfriend with words.

Chapters (37)
Comments ( 223 )

I'd like to thank all of the artists for letting me use their work! The links to their pages are under the pictures, and I suggest you visit them. No, seriously though, I can't draw or paint worth a... dang (kid's book)... so go visit them.

Yes, I realize I suck at rhyming. Go write your own picture book, yeah? Especially if you are art yourself.

How come the end counts as one word? There are clearly three right there. :ajbemused:

I'll read it soon.

Just watched, and already.... story.

That's great!

1736393 It doesn't count bold letters as words, I found out. Weird...

1736398 Aw yeah! Thanks a bunch for the interest!

A great read and fine tail, The feature box this goes, but before that i would recommend getting some cover art my friend.

Chapter Eighteen (24th Nov)

*Page Eighteen? :applejackunsure:

This compilation was rather heart-warming.

Thank you. :twilightsmile:

(It's too bad I'm too depressing to write anything comedic)

1736445 Well. Good eye, mate.

That was a test. You passed.

Confetti!

(No, but thank you...)

1736454
No problem, sir.


Now it's time to read.

The story was alright, but the artists deserve lots of the credit for the upvote.

I especially liked the pics of the Golden Oaks Library and Rarity asleep on the floor :rainbowlaugh:.

Wow. Pretty interesting concept.

You. Are. A. Genius. If a picture paints a thousand words, there's, like, 37,000 words here! Wow.

1736482 I thank you for your honesty :twilightsmile:

Writing a picture book is actually very difficult and I don't know why. Trust me when I say finding the pictures took forever, and trying to write it all down was no cakewalk. But thank you for the read, I do appreciate it!

1736483 Thanks! More shall come from this. Maybe.

Right?

1736527 Haha, thank you :raritywink:

I'm glad people are enjoying it so far. I wasn't sure how the reception of such a thing would go over, but thank goodness it wasn't bad!

That was way too cute. I've sat here for ten minutes thinking of something appropriate to say. I've got nothing.

Pretty good. Picture book is new.

This was pretty dang awesome. It's actually pretty refreshing to read something like this. You deserve all the awesomeness that's going to come your way! :twilightsmile:

1736604 Gah! What happened?

1736608 Wow! Thanks!

You need to get some sleep! :ajsmug:

1736630 Haha, I haven't seen one yet. So I tried, I suppose. What I have isn't perfect by any means, but it's a start.

1736643 It's a really good start. Liking this a lot.

1736642 Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm happy that people are liking this so far :heart:

Um...interesting. Not bad at all. But sometimes the rhyming doesn't rhyme and sometimes the pictures don't match.

1736708 Yes, I know it isn't perfect. I did try, I did. This was a lot harder than I originally anticipated.

Trust me when I say finding the appropriate pictures was incredibly difficult, and I'm no artist myself, so I was at a loss there.

But thank you for reading! :heart:

That's gotta be the fastest 37 chapters I've ever read. :twilightoops:
Seriously, I think I finished this in not even ten minutes.

1736718 Achievement unlocked: quickest story read on fimfiction ever.

The story was good, I love the idea( i haven't seen anything like this on this page yet). So major thumbs up for presentation, and originality.

1736722
Nah, nah. It's,

Achievement Unlocked:
The Fastest. Possible. READ!

1736793 Gee, thanks! It means a lot to me, really. :heart:

1736818 Yes, I see. That's much better. :ajsmug:

...This made me shed a tear :pinkiesad2:

:twilightsmile: This a very pleasent little read. I liked the idea and I felt the pictures served each page well, and though the rhyming did seem off in a few spots, it otherwise held up quite well. And who would have guessed this would bare any difficulty in making, I humbly admit I didn't, but I suppose I've learned something to take away from it besides the pleasent feeling. One should never judge even the simplest of tasks as a cakewalk 'till they have completed it with ease. :ajsmug:

:ajsmug: Fine work Mr. Church. Have a fav, an upvote, and a watch. :twilightsmile:

I see this and I'm thinking "Whaa...?" This is fantastic! I love what you said about "Need to remember who we are". I really don't even have words to describe this. Above all, I think this is very charming to read, very happy.

Smarty Pants! :twilightsmile:

And I see Twilight has been reviewing.

1736855 Oh, dear, it was supposed to be heartwarming.

Thanks so much for reading, and I hope those are happy tears :heart:

1736863 Thank you! Yes, strangely, I had difficulty with this one. That difficulty was more so in finding appropriate pictures... I went through a lot of drawfriends and google searches...

Thanks for everything!

1736868 Heh, glad you enjoyed it! Yes, I thought that we could use something like this. I mean, who are bronies anyway? Time for a self-reflection evaluation.

Adorable and enjoyable. Thank you for its creation, and the many artists whom helped with it.

First page, and already it brings a smile. What sweet truth that man spoke. Now...........ONWARDS!!

Mein Got.....the fluffeh... I can't begin to describe the fluffeh.

1737033 Gee, thanks! I'm glad that you enjoyed it :heart:

1737052 Thanks so much! I'll be here all week! (and probably after that as well)

1737177 Is it... fluffeh?

1737200 Thank you :heart:

But of course they'd be up before the crack of down knocking down apples.

Good job sir! This is the cutest tale i've read on this site and I enjoyed every second of it!

1737271 Thanks a bunch! I'm glad you could enjoy it! :heart:

you wrote so less but it's impact and message was more, and by adding pictures to it, it just made it look...wow....! good job!

Thank you. That picture gave me diabete. I am off to get Insulin.

All together now!


D'AWWWWW:heart::yay:

Truth.

I have never been a fan of Walt Disney the man, but Uncle Walt the entertainer and artist was one of the great geniuses of his field. If he says it, then you should certainly pay attention to his wisdom.

"Hello, Owlicious, can I see Twilight please?"

"Who!"

"Twlight Sparkle!"

"Who!"

"AAAHHH! THE DREAM CAME TRUE!!!"

"Fluttershy, what in the name of Celestia are you screaming about?"

"TWILIGHT!" *Sobs - Air-glomp*

I found this cute and original and nice and slightly adorable but not quite D’aww :yay: but enough to say “Hey that was time well spent.”

I do believe I am the only one who found it slightly creepy that Fluttershy is breaking into all her friends’ houses and watching them sleep. It reminds me of the Santa song where he knows when you’re sleeping and he knows when you’re awake. Creepiest song ever.

All in all very good. Happy writing and all that. :twilightsmile:

That's one way to start off my morning!

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