Children's · Classics
Black Beauty
Bestseller: about 50 million copies (estimate)A horse tells his own life story, from a kind country home through a series of owners, some gentle and some cruel. The book was written to encourage kinder treatment of working animals.
- First published
- 1877
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a classic told by an animal and mind being moved by how animals were treated.
Skip this if scenes of animal suffering and overwork are too upsetting.
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| Libby / OverDrive | Free with a library card | Borrow free with Libby from Libby / OverDrive |
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| Audiobook | ||
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