Follow Black Beauty's remarkable story - and discover what a horse's life was really like in Victorian times. Stunning DK photographs combine with evocative illustrations and engaging age-appropriate stories in Classic Readers a multi-level reading programme guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and knowledge of the great stories of the world.
This book was recognised in the Big Read Top 100 category by the Bbc Book Awards.
This book features in the following series: Dk Classic Readers, Dk Readers Level 4 .
. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .
Anna Sewell (1820-78) was a British novelist. Black Beauty was her only published work. Victor Ambrus is a well-known illustrator of over 300 children's picture books.
This book contains the following story:
Black Beauty
When he comes of age, the horse Black Beauty is sold to a grand house to be a carriage horse. The groom, Joe, is kind but his masters are cruel. Every day Beauty and his fellow horse, Ginger, are shackled to the carriage with a tight bearing rein to keep their heads held high, and the two horses are whipped and generally mistreated. When Ginger misbehaves she is taken away. When Beauty smashes his knee he is sold to a London cabby. Pulling a cab through all the weather is hard work but Jerry is kind to Beauty and he is happy. Then Jerry is offered a job as groom by a customer and has to sell Beauty. His next master is harsh and cruel. But then Black Beauty is rescued by a horse doctor and at the doctors stables he discovers that the groom is none other than Joe. Beauty lives out the rest of his life in the doctors fields, happy and cared for.
This book has been nominated for the following award:
Bbc Book Awards
This book was recognised in the Big Read Top 100 category by the Bbc Book Awards.
