Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
- Reading
- Try a few chapters together, then check how your reader is responding to the horse’s experiences before deciding whether to continue independently.
- Themes
- Treatment of horses: The horse narrator makes the treatment of horses the thread’s focus. The stated purpose is to challenge cruel treatment and promote gentleness and kindness.
- Worth knowing
- The subject includes cruelty towards horses. If animal suffering is difficult for your reader, consider reading together and pausing to talk about what happens.