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Eyewitness Classics: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

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Part of Dk Eyewitness series

Summary

Classic literature is full of stories that today's children can enjoy when they are made accessible. This retelling of "Black Beauty" combines narrative and illustrations with photographs that provide factual content. Information panels add information on the historical dimensions of the story.

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Eyewitness Classics: Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Children love horses and the story of noble Black Beauty is one of the most popular children's books of all time. In this sensitive abridgement Beauty movingly describes the friends people and places good and bad he encounters in the course of his dramatic life.Anna Sewell wrote her book in the late 19th century as an attempt to improve the conditions of the working horse. It remains a unique document of a time when horses were the main means of transport and a heartfelt message against cruelty to animals. In this edition illustrations transport readers to the heart of each scene. Beauty's narrative is complemented by hundreds of photographs paintings and facts about cab horses and carriage horses in town and country and the practicalities of their treatment and ill-treatment. This powerful book and its fascinating context can be enjoyed and understood by a new generation of animal lovers.

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Anna Sewell (1820-78) was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Black Beauty, her only book, was completed and published in 1877, just a few months before she died, so she did not live to know of the book's huge success. Apart from being a good story, Black Beauty was instrumental in changing people's attitudes towards horses, and domestic animals in general.
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ISBN 13 9780751370683
ISBN 10 0751370681
Title Eyewitness Classics: Black Beauty
Author Anna Sewell
Series Dk Eyewitness
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Year published 1997-04-17
Number of pages 64
Prizes Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003, Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.