Black Beauty as you have never read it before! This beautifully illustrated new edition of the classic favourite is gloriously designed to be a treasured favourite, introducing a whole new generation to wonderful childhood stories. The heart-rending story of a horse called Black Beauty whose idyllic life in the English countryside comes to a sudden halt when he is sold to a series of cruel owners in the dark streets of Victorian London. Beautiful watercolour illustrations and fabulous graphic typography bring this well-loved story to life, making this a perfect introduction to the children's classic. This book makes it easy to encourage your kids to read!
This book is part of a book series called Favourite Classics .
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Octopus Publishing Group .
Sasha Morton has developed and published over 400 illustrated book and software products, including award-winning and best-selling titles within commercial and educational markets.
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.
