as A Young Horse, Black Beauty Is Well-loved And Happy. But When His Owner Is Forced To Sell Him, His Life Changes Drastically. He Has Many New Owners–some Of Them Cruel And Some Of Them Kind. All He Needs Is Someone To Love Him Again…whether Pulling An Elegant Carriage Or A Ramshackle Cab, Black Beauty Tries To Live As Best He Can. This Is His Amazing Story, Told As Only He Could Tell It.

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in This Abridgement Of Sewell’s Classic Story, Mckinley Has Managed Nicely To Retain Beauty’s Unique Voice As Well As The Most-remembered Stories, While Making The Text More Accessible To Younger Readers. Jeffers’s Fine Ink Illustrations Will Satisfy Even The Most Demanding Of Horse-lovers With Her Ability To Capture Each Horse’s Personality. This Version Brings Back The Sharpness Of The Cruelty Towards Beauty And His Companions, And Mckinley Has Rightfully Retained The Pain And The Ugliness Of Some Of The Incidents. Children Will Still Weep At The Death Of Ginger, And Jeffers’s Portrayal Of The Barn Fire Is Quite Frightening. It’s An Elegant Edition, Which Will Linger With Readers Until They Are Ready To Tackle The Original. (all Ages

Publish Date : 2010-06-23T00:00:01Z