"Black Beauty" by Pauline Francis is a retelling of the classic story originally by Anna Sewell. It follows the life of a beautiful black horse, Black Beauty, who narrates his experiences from his early days in a kind and loving home to his unfortunate encounters with cruelty and neglect. Through his eyes, readers witness the hardships faced by horses in Victorian England, including the harsh treatment by humans. Despite the challenges he endures, Black Beauty remains resilient, highlighting themes of empathy, kindness, and the importance of treating all beings with respect. The story ultimately advocates for better treatment of animals. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book is the winner of numerous awards
This book features in the following series: Essential Classics, Express Classics, Fast Track, Fast Track Classics, Fast Track Classics Elt, Intermediate Series .
This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade+.
This book has been graded for interest at 10 years.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2013 by ReadZone Books Limited .
Pauline Francis's books include Drake's Drummer Boy, The Little Giant: the Story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Television Man: the Story of John Logie Baird. Jane Tattersfield has illustrated three books accompanying television series: The India File, Celebrating India and Stories of Faith, as well as some of the Dress Sense costume books for Belitha Press. Anna Sewell (1820-78) was a British novelist. Black Beauty was her only published work.
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 doctor’s stables he discovers that the groom is none other than Joe. Beauty lives out the rest of his life in the doctor’s fields, happy and cared for.
This book features the following characters:
Ginger
Ginger is the chestnut horse that becomes friendly with Black Beauty when they are both carriage horses at Birtwick Park. She has a rough life and is consequently pretty sassy. The two friends go separate ways but meet again as broken-down cab horses in London.
Jimmy Barker
This book features the character Jimmy Barker.
Joe Green
This book features the character Joe Green.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty is a handsome black horse who narrates his story in the novel of the same name. He begins his career as a carriage horse for wealthy people but after a fall he is sacked and made to do much harder work. Beauty always tries his best despite the difficult circumstances he finds himself in.
