Black Beauty Enhanced
By Anna Sewell & Cecil Aldin
- Release Date: 2013-05-01
- Genre: Animal Fiction for Young Adults
Score: 3.5
3.5
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This enhanced edition contains the eighteen original 1912, full-color illustrations with added audio and ambient sound, plus motion effects; professionally read passages throughout the book with realistic background sounds; an image gallery beautifully showing Aldin's masterful illustrations that are Retina Display quality; and characters from Aldin's works placed throughout the book that move, resize, and snap back into place when released.
Black Beauty is a spirited colt with a gentle disposition who spends his days galloping around fresh meadows under the watchful eye of a devoted mother. But when it comes time for him to leave his first home, his experiences range from loving kindness to backbreaking labor and cruelty. This poignant tale of a horse whose spirit could not be broken teaches the values of kindness and humane treatment of animals. Black Beauty is a timeless and groundbreaking literary classic that will leave an indelible impression on readers today.