This book is part of a book series called Sterling Classics .
This book has been graded for interest at 10+ years.
There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Sterling .
Anna Sewell (1820-78) was a British novelist. Black Beauty was her only published work. Charles Dickens is now considered one of the most successful British authors of the Victorian age, having written such masterpieces as Great Expectations, A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist. Dr. Arthur Pober has spent more than 20 years in the fields of early childhood and gifted education. He is currently the US representative to the European Institute for the Media and European Advertising Standards Alliance. Scott McKowen has created award-winning posters and graphics for theatre companies across Canada and the US, including on Broadway. His work has been exhibited in art galleries on both sides of the border and he has curated an exhibition of theatre posters from around the world.
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.