Books : Black Beauty: The Greatest Horse Story Ever Told (DK Classic Readers Level 4, Grades 2-4)

Black Beauty: The Greatest Horse Story Ever Told (DK Classic Readers Level 4, Grades 2-4)

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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780789453884
Edition: 1st
ISBN: 0789453886
Label: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 48
Publication Date: February 01, 2000
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.
Studio: Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.

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Travel with Black Beauty as he overcomes the harsh life of a carriage horse to rejoin his beloved owners in this retelling of the Anna Sewell classic.

This Dorling Kindersley Classic Reader combines evocative illustrations and stunning photographs with one of the greatest stories of children's literature, adapted and retold for today's young people. This delightful book will capture and hold children's interest while developing their reading skills and deepening their appreciation of this timeless tale. Follow Black Beauty's remarkable story -- and discover what a horse's life was really like in Victorian times. These 48-page books about fascinating subjects like pirates, mummies, and volcanoes are for proficient readers who can understand a rich vocabulary and challenging sentence structure. In addition to the stunning photographs, informative sidebars, and glossary, readers will find archival photographs and paintings. Averaging 4,500 to 5,000 words in length, Level 4 books are 40 percent pictures and 40 percent text. The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4.

Amazon.com Review:
"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)"

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