Black Beauty
What's Black Beauty About
A stunning picture-book introduction to the first famous fictional horse!Anna Sewell’s classic Black Beauty comes vividly to life in this 40-page picture-book adaptation by Sharon Lerner. Follow the famous stallion as he meets many masters, from Squire Gordon, whose wife Black Beauty saves nearly at the cost of his own life; to the cruel Nicholas Skinner, who drives horses to death; and finally to a reunion with Joe, the kind groom he knew as a colt. Caldecott Award winner Susan Jeffers illustrates this beloved tale with lush watercolor drawings guaranteed to delight and enchant children.
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Susan Jeffers effortlessly captures the grace and magic of horses in this luminous picture book. Ms. Jeffers is a New York Times best-selling artist, who received a Caldecott Honor for her work on Three Jovial Huntsmen. She is also the illustrator of Margaret Wise Brown’s Love Songs of the Little Bear, and the best-selling McDuff series by Rosemary Wells. Susan Jeffers also wrote and illustrated a new pony picture book, My Chincoteague Pony.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780375858925
- Publication Date
- September 22, 2009
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Page Count
- 40
- Words Per Page
- 38
- Reading Age
- 5 - 9 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2008033865
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~650L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~P
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.2
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 0.5
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 133041
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- LG
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