Description

Black Beauty tells the tale of the horse’s own long and varied life, from the well-born colt in a pleasing field, to a stylish carriage horse for a man, to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails—in a mild, nineteenth century manner—against pet maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty’s prospects, good and bad, with gentle masters in addition to cruel. Kids can very quickly make the jump from horse–human relationships to human–human relationships, and start to know how their very own consideration of others might be a benefit to any or all.