from Amazon:
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.

Released on Saturday, April 03, 2004 at to a friend in to a friend, Postal Release Controlled Releases.

sent on march 30th, thanks for a most lovely surprise and here i was thinking i'm sending you something!! :) really caught me by surprise!

Thank you for this and 'Anne Of Green Gables'. These are two books I missed reading as a child so I am eager to make up for the lack!

Black Beauty is a wonderfully told story told through the eyes of the horse. I can easily understand why this 19th century story of animal welfare is still popular today.

Released on Sunday, April 18, 2004 at to my sister for the kids in Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, in Controlled Releases.