Black Beauty

by Mary Sebag-Montefiore (Adapter), Anna Sewell

When the young Black Beauty is sold, he has no idea of the hardships he's about to face. Read his story in his own words as Black Beauty overcomes danger and cruelty, working at everything from pulling cabs in a smog- filled city to carriages in the country.

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Childrens, Animals, Horses

Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Mary Sebag-Montefiore is an author of children's books and often adapts adult classics for children. She has rewritten everything from David Copperfield, Wuthering Heights and War and Peace. She is associated with Usborne.

Reviews

[Lunacy]

The story was short, beautiful and sad.

In this book we read a horse's life story named Black Beauty from his point of view. How many time he changed his house, how many owners he had and finally ended up where.

[Mohammed Asiri]

بصراحة هو ولدي بدأ يقرأه في الروضة وله ثلاث أيام ، فحبيت أحتفظ بها له:)

[Captain Obvious]

it was the 1st book i read when i was young, my schools librarian gave it to me and from the first page i liked it directly. i still rememeber some of its events but not all :/ and i guess from this book my love for horses became fully true.... and i always dreamt of having a black horse that have a white-like-star on its head :)
I didn't want to return this book back to the library, but eventually i did cause i had no choice, and to my luck the second year of school my teacher was disturbuting books among us and THIS WAS THE BOOK I HAD!!! We had to do a project about the book you read and i was glad that im doing one about a book i favor:P :D

[Tom]

We started this about a month ago and never really got into it like we do the other books. In fact, it went back to the library already without finishing it. I guess horses just can't stand up to silly cowdogs. We may try again later.

[Grace]

I think it was really cool because Black Beauty herself told the story and she found a really good home in the end where she would last forever and ever and ever. I learned that things can be really, really hard and you just have to get over them.

[Riani Halim]

I don't have any interest on horses, thus I never thought story about horses would made me that emotional. Beautiful adaptation & illustration.

[Krisz]

A somewhat too easy text - the story was difficult to tell so shortly I presume. It didn't really come to anything, there was no excitement and no revelation :(

[Jenna Mills]

Really well done. 4yo loves it

[Rachelklara of YHVH]

It is a five not a three star. 🤪

[Hm]

Goood and sadly 💝

[Mackenzie Hart]

Black Beauty go separated from its mom. It then got hit on the neck and blood dripped. I didn't like that. But I liked it because I like the name Black Beauty and I like the color black.