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Black Beauty

by Anna Sewell

First Published

2011

Subjects

Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
Original publication 1877
19th Century
Children
Children's
Kids
Juvenile
Classic
Fiction
Books
Stories
Drama
Biography
History
Legends
Animals
Classic Literature
Juvenile Literature
Animals - Horses
Horses
Animal rights
Humane treatment
Kindness
Gentleness
Goodness & cruelty
Morals
Morality
Children's fiction
Horses, fiction
England, fiction
Animals, treatment, fiction
Juvenile fiction
Folklore
Specimens
Toy and movable books
Juvenile sound recordings
Black Beauty (Fictitious character)
High interest-low vocabulary books
Easy reading materials
Child and youth fiction
Fiction, historical
Great britain, fiction
Readers
Fairy tales
Adventure and adventurers, fiction
Fiction, romance, general
Adaptations
Comic books, strips
Graphic novels
Animal welfare
Social conditions
Treatment
Literature and fiction, juvenile
Chevaux
Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
New england, fiction

Description

(Ages 9-12, Gr. 4-7) An **animal rights classic** that's also an engaging read, **BLACK BEAUTY follows the life of an ebony horse from birth to old age**, and from pasture to the cobblestone streets of **19th century England** This morality tale and **animal "autobiography"** gives a sweet and kind horse **a voice that's relatable yet unsentimental.**. Black Beauty's life begins on the grounds of an aristocratic English family. The **young horse learns early lessons from his mother like how not to bite or kick even in play** before circumstances force his sale to a new master; it's the first of several such sales/moves for the horse. As **his life intersects with different human owners, caretakers, and neighbors**, Black Beauty **experiences different kinds of care and abuse**, and he observes the **differing attitudes of humans toward horses.** Peppered throughout the novel are the **moral lessons** that the author, **Anna Sewell **who is the author**, wants to impart to her readers:** that **truly good humans are kind to all of God's creatures,** that **parents should teach their children to be kind to animals,** and perhaps most important, that **even though they can't speak, horses can feel so that makes this fiction/fake.** Anna Sewell was a devout Quaker, and that is apparent in her pacifist point of view, and in the book's **emphasis on the value of hard work without complaint.** **strong text** author: a person who wrote the book

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