Black Velvet

Black Beauty's Family

by Christine Pullein-Thompson

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Genres: Childrens

112 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1983

About the author

The Pullein-Thompson sisters — Josephine Pullein-Thompson MBE (3 April 1924-[1]), Diana Pullein-Thompson (born 1 October 1925) [2] and Christine Pullein-Thompson (1 October 1925–2 December 2005[2] — are British writers of several horse and pony books (mostly fictional) aimed at children and mostly popular with girls. They started at a very young age (initially writing collectively) and they were at their peak in the 1950s and 1960s, but their popularity has endured. They have written a collective autobiography Fair Girls and Grey Horses.

All 3 sisters have written at least 1 book under a different name; Josephine wrote 1 under the pseudonym of Josephine Mann, Diana 3 books under her married name of Diana Farr and Christine wrote 2 books under the name of Christine Keir.

Their mother, Joanna Cannan (1898–1961), sister of the poet May Cannan, wrote similar equestrian stories, but is better known for detective mysteries.

Reviews

[Dark-Draco · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series of books was written about relatives if the famous 'Black Beauty' in teh Anna Sewell classic. As a horse mad girl, I of course adored 'Black Beauty' - the Pullein Thompson sisters were also favourite authors, but I only vaguely remember even knowing that this series existed - I definitely didn't read it as a child. As an adult, I can appreciate what this book aims to do - just like Black Beauty, it highlights the juxtaposition of the cruelty or the love that a horse can experience throughout it's life. And as an adult, I was surprised by how much it made me cry. Some of the historical facts seemed a little 'off' to me, but it didn't stop my enjoyment of the story.

Well written and worth the read.

[Maddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

An amazing book about a horse's life.

Learn about good and bad masters.

A good read