Black Beauty
THE AUTHOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE, BLACK BEAUTY,IS MORE THAN A STORY ABOUT A HORSE.THROUGH THIS BOOK,GENERATIONS OF READERS HAVE LEARNED TO THINK ABOUT ALL ANIMALS WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED
THE AUTHOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE,
BLACK BEAUTY,IS MORE THAN A STORY ABOUT A HORSE.THROUGH THIS BOOK,GENERATIONS OF READERS HAVE LEARNED TO THINK ABOUT ALL
ANIMALS WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780804900232 (080490023X)
Publish date: December 1st 1963
Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
I remember having read this in 3rd or 4th grade and having liked it. Basically, we have the autobiography of a horse. Black Beauty, it seems, is a stallion (or gelding, we're never told). I always assumed that with a name like that he was a she. But nope! A guy horse. None-the-less, all the 9-year o...
~*Full review here on The Bent Bookworm!*~“Good luck is rather particular who she rides with, and mostly prefers those who have got common sense and a good heart.”Black Beauty is a book of anthropomorphic animals. Highly intelligent animals. While told in the language of its time (roughly the 1870s-...
3.5 starsThis is one of those books that makes you think. Anyone who wants a pet or who wants to learn about horses should really read it. It's from the horse's POV and tells things humans don't think about. Also, it has lots of great life lessons. It's a good read for all ages, but I recommend ...
The first non-picture book that I read on my own, in my own room, voluntarily, aged 7. It was a revelation, and started a delight in books that will last as long as I do.
As a young colt, Black Beauty gallops in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, he swaps a life of freedom and happiness for one of work and toil. Bravely he works as hard as he can, suffering at the hands of men w...