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Title: Black Beauty : (Reissue) by Susan Jeffers, Inc. Antigone ISBN: 0-394-86575-8 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 12 September, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.51 (100 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Incredible
Comment: I first read this book a long time ago - frankly, I don't remember when. It has been several years since then, but it touched me all the same. Currently, I am in the process of re-reading it. That's how good it is! You will want to read it over and over.
It begins with Black Beauty as a young colt, born into a good bloodline with racing blood running through his veins. His master was a good one and made sure that the horse became an obedient, noble steed. Unlike many other horses, he was broken in gently to insure years of the loyal service of a beautiful animal.
Unfortunately, Black Beauty's life is not all good; like any other horse, he came into the hands of both kind, cold, and simply ignorant masters. Though fiction, it really could've been any horse that went through the life of Black Beauty, and some probably did. At least, horses lived the lives of some in the book, such as those abused or beaten for doing things natural to a horse.
This novel was most definately touching and inspiring. It presented several important moral issues. A few include always doing your best, how to NOT "look out for number one,". and thoughts on how kindness can change a horse... and a person too.
Of course, I am somewhat biased, being a Horse in the Chinese Zodiac and a special fan of stories about horses, but all the same - I have taken many of the themes in this book to heart, and truly believe that the world might be a bit nicer if a few others picked up this classic tale of a horse's journey though the harsh reality of life.
Read it once! If you don't like it, then that's understandable, I guess.
But chances are, you'll love it.
And then you'll want to read it again.
Rating: 5
Summary: A BEAUTIFUL BOOK....
Comment: Since pictures & illustrations are as much a part of a child's imagination as the written word, then this book beautifully combines both, with the abundant B&W line illustrations by illustrator Lucy Kemp-Welch, in addition to the 12 colour plates included - all in keeping with the time period this novel is set in. A wonderful edition to any child's library. I've been reading horse-topic related books for as long as I can remember; but the very 1st horse story that left an indelible impression on me was ANNA SEWELL's " BLACK BEAUTY ".
It really openend my eyes as to the abuse and cruelty - and majestic fraility - that these wonderful creatures suffer at the hands of their human counterparts.
Ms Sewell opted to write this book from " the horse's point of view " and she was one of the very few authors that was able to pull this off with such great success.
This book also, laid the cornerstone for the ASPCA aims and goals, and brought to light the conditions and treatment of working horses in 20th century London, England ( and elsewhere ).
The story is such a wonderful tale of a horse's life from start to finish; told with a quiet dignity and warmth - and serves as a successful analogy also, as to how humans should interact with one another.
This book also laid the cornerstone for my interest and love of horses, and further spurred my interest in reading about all things Equine.
From there, and I went on to read all of Walter Farley's "The Black Stallion" series ( I used to collect the hardcover editions), and Marguerite Henry's books, and National Velvet(which really wasn't about a horse per se, but more about a little girl who's dreams come true), and anything else I could get my horsey-hungry hands on!
I now keep a copy of Anna Sewell's "Black Beauty" in my library at home, and have given a copy to my daughter to read.
This is a tale that sensitizes the reader to the plight of horses at the hands of their human caregivers, trainers, etc - all told from the horse's mouth ( so to speak )..!
And lest we think that the inhumane treatment of horses has abided since this book was written - one only has to follow the controversy surrounding the use of "Premarin", or abusive training methods of gaited horses, or the Thoroughbred racing industry, or rodeo...etc.
There is still much to be gleaned about the exploitation and abuse of animals from this book - which will always remain a timeless classic.
Kim C. Montreal, 05/2000
Rating: 5
Summary: Black Beauty
Comment: Black Beauty was written by Anna Sewell. Black Beauty was an amazing book. It had a lot of action and excitement. It was mainly about a young horse who was taken away from his mom and abused. As he got older, he was adopted by a man who gave him a better life. But one day a fire started. Read this story to find out the rest. I would definitely recommend this book to someone who is a horse lover and loves to read.
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Title: Heidi by Johanna Spyri ISBN: 0517189674 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha Tudor ISBN: 006440188X Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery ISBN: 0517189682 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Ann M. Magagna, Louis Jambour, Louis Jambor ISBN: 0448060191 Publisher: Price Stern Sloan Pub Pub. Date: June, 1983 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: The Black Stallion by Walter Farley ISBN: 0679813438 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 20 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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