![]() ![]() I would suggest not necessarily a book for younger children, but a great read especially when you are trying to teach about proper treatment of animals. Of course at the end, Black Beauty ends up back with an earlier groom and lives his final years in happiness, but to get there, he endures much. We meet other horses who share a stable, at various times, with Black Beauty and in some cases their demise which is quite painful. The bearing rein was used to get the horse's head arched, but made it difficult for the horse to breathe and near impossible for the horse to pull a carriage uphill. Whether pulling an elegant carriage or a ramshackle cab, Black Beauty tries to live as best he can. All he needs is someone to love him again. ![]() He has many new owners-some of them cruel and some of them kind. But when his owner is forced to sell him, his life changes drastically. Anna Sewell wrote this to illustrate the abuse of horses, in particulary the harsh use of the bearing rein. As a young horse, Black Beauty is well-loved and happy. It is told from the narrative of Black Beauty, a noble stallion, who is bought and sold many times to various owners, and who treated their horses in various ways. ![]() The story was set in 19th century England, at a time when almost everyone came into frequent contact with horses. As a child I either stopped reading midway through or blocked out the rest of the story, because it was rather tragic. ![]() I thought I had read this book as a child and in fact, as I began to read I remembered much of the story. ![]()
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