Black Beauty (Usborne Picture Storybooks) (Picture Books)

by Anna Sewell (Author), Alan Marks (Illustrator), Susanna Davidson (Adapter), Alan Marks (Illustrator), Anna Sewell (Author), Anna Sewell (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2008

  $4.43

  A moving retelling of Anna Sewell's classic story of cruelty and kindness, perfect for introducing younger readers to this much-loved story. Follow one special horse's journey from the rolling hills of the English countryside to the dark, cobbled streets of London.

• Used

  Paperback
  1982

  $3.29

• Used

  Hardcover
  1982

  $3.29

• New

  Paperback
  2001

  $8.62

• New

  Hardcover
  1993

  $14.24

  Described on the title-page of the first edition as 'the autobiography of her horse, translated from the original equine', BLACK BEAUTY was Anna Sewell's only book, written when she fatally ill but determined to record her passopnate indignation at the insensitive behaviour of people towards animals. It has been loved by children ever since its first publication in 1877, just a few months before the death of its author, whose declared aim had been to 'induce kindness, sympathy and an understanding treatment of horses'. The illustrations by Lucy Kemp-Welch first apperared in 1915.