Black Beauty (Classic Starts Series) » (Modern Retelling)

Anna Sewell wrote this story with the horse telling the story of his life. She wrote it to publicise various cruelties and sufferings story does provide a means of empathy for people to animals, it is still mostly heartening and is not as "heavy" as it could have been. It was at the time and still is a popular and beloved storyfor young readers.

Expertly retold to appeal to second, third and fourth graders, as well as older reluctant readers, each of the beautiful, high-quality books in the Classic Starts series is a literary treasure.