Anna Sewell
1) Black Beauty
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite, one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877. It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography, describing the world through the eyes of the creature. In taking this anthropomorphic approach, the author Anna Sewell broke new literary ground and her effective storytelling ability makes it very easy for the reader to accept the premise that...
3) Black Beauty
Author
Publisher
First Classics
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. The novel became an immediate bestseller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, long enough to see her first and only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, Black BeautyFrom its beginnings in the 1940’s to today, Classics Illustrated continues to encourage a love of reading and adventure in youthful minds through beautifully-illustrated comic book adaptations of the...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Illustrated excerpts from the nineteenth century classic relate the experiences of a young horse as he explores his home, plays with other colts, and learns from his loving mother to be gentle and good.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Anna Sewell's 'Black Beauty' was an immediate success on its publication in 1877, and has gone on to sell an estimated 50 million copies. Black Beauty is a horse with a fine black coat, a white foot and a silver star on his forehead. Seen through his eyes, the story tells of his idyllic upbringing and the hardship and cruelty he suffers subsequently, before finding security and happiness in a new home.
10) Black Beauty
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
1999, c1994
Language
English
Description
Faithfully based on Anne Sewell's classic novel, this beloved horse story is told by its hero, the gallant Beauty, whose joyous and heartbreaking life takes him from idyllic days on a country squire's estate to London's hard, cobblestoned streets, through decades of owners both kindly and harsh.
11) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
Baronet Books/Playmore
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
14) Black Beauty
Author
Publisher
Dalmatian Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
Author
Publisher
ill
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
An evocative picture book based on the classic tale by Anna Sewell. When the young horse Black Beauty is sold, he has no idea of the hardships he is about to face. A moving series of tales of cruelty and kindness across the rolling hills of the English countryside and the narrow cobbled streets of London.
16) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
EDC Publishing/Usborne Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
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.
17) Black Beauty
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.