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Black Beauty / Anna Sewelll.

ISBN: 0517189585
ISBN: 9780517189580
ISBN: 1403709823
ISBN: 9781403709820
Physical Description: xi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Random House, 1998, c1986.

Summary:

Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time. While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and respect. Black Beauty spends his youth in a loving home, surrounded by friends and cared for by his owners. But when circumstances change, he learns that not all humans are so kind. Passed from hand to hand, Black Beauty witnesses love and cruelty, wealth and poverty, friendship and hardship . . . Will the handsome horse ever find a happy and lasting home? Carefully retold in clear contemporary language, and presented with delightful illustrations, these favorite classic stories capture the heart and imagination of young readers. By retelling the story in a shorter, simpler form, these books become highly engaging for children, and the color illustrations help with both comprehension and interest level. A