Black Beauty Apple Classics

Amazon.com A horse is a horse of course unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century， and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London， its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness. Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life， from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout， Sewell rails--in a gentle， 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes， good and bad， with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships， and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12) --This text refers to