Black Beauty: The Graphic Novel

by Anna Sewell

Book Overview

The Graphic Novelization of a Classic Tale A handsome and sweet-tempered horse, Black Beauty is strong and spirited. His mother warns him that there are bad, cruel men in the world, but Black Beauty... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 014240408X
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.1"

Customer Reviews

Disappointing quality!

The version I purchased was listed as "very good". I will not be doing that again; I will only be selecting something at "like new" from now on based on this experience. A child had written all over the inside cover of the book. The quality was worse than a library book edition. Very sad to see and receive that.

great read for a reluctant reader

Very approachable; great easy-to-read story offering what i found to be a powerful moral message about kindess to animals specifically but easily empathizable across the species boundries.

Simply Wonderful!

The recommendation on this book is for readers too young to read the original book, but I think its wonderful for anyone of any age who loves this beautiful story. Its beautifully illustrated and the graphic novel format leaves out none of the spirit or depth of the original. A true pleasure to read.

The great book like the 1994 version of Black Beauty starring Sean Bean

I love this book Black Beauty: The Graphic Novel adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson and it's the great and the best book ever of and about a life story of a beautiful black horse with a white star and a white foot and I like horses and the color black and this is the best beautiful book adapted by June Brigman and Roy Richardson that's an abridged version containing over 49 chapters and the drawings and the writing is very great and that book almost looks like they would have made a movie out of it and that one should match up the 1994 version of Black Beauty starring Sean Bean. My favorite character in this book is Joe Green, because at the end of Black Beauty, Joe becomes a man and one lucky day, he finds that horse he used to care for and gets excited when he said he had almost killed him so many nearly ten years ago at Squire Gordon's farm after coming back from the Doctor's. The characters in this book of Black Beauty where Black Beauty's white foot is on the back in the left of the one of for this one of the few seven charcters out of this book just to tell you of what clothes they would wear and they are John Manly the coachman in a plaid green cap, white shirt, plaid vest of green and black, green riding jacket with yellow lining, brown riding pants and tall black leather riding boots, except in A Stormy Day, when John Manly would be in a different outfit when he would be in a black derby hat, white shirt, red tie, brown vest, black blazer, grey pants and tall black leather riding boots, then James Howard the stableboy in a plaid green cap, yellow shirt with blue stripes, plaid vest of green and black, light green scarf, brown riding pants and tall black leather riding boots, then Joe Green the stableboy after James leaves in a brown cap, white shirt, brown vest, grey riding jacket, beige riding pants and tall black leather riding boots, then Reuben Smith in black top hat, white shirt, black vest, blue riding jacket, black leather gloves, grey pants and tall black leather riding boots with brown tops, Alfred Smirk in a brown cap, light blue shirt, red tie, black vest, brown pants and short black leather boots, then Jerry Barker in a black derby hat, white shirt, black tie, black vest, black blazer, black pants, black shoes and in the winter Jerry is in a black derby hat, red scarf, white shirt, black vest, black blazer, long brown jacket, black leather gloves, black pants and black shoes and then Nicholas Skinner in a black top hat, black bowtie, white shirt, green vest, blue jacket, grey pants and short black leather boots and then in My Last Home when Joe Green becomes a man, Joe would be in a green cap, blue necktie, pink shirt, brown vest, blue blazer, beige riding pants and tall black leather riding boots and when Joe is in the low park cab with Miss Ellen, Joe is in a different outfit of a green cap, white shirt, black tie, black vest, white shirt, brown riding jacket, grey pants, and short black leather boots and that's v

Short and Sweet!

Of course, I am the sentimental type that gets all gooey-eyed at any of the great horse stories, whether on film or printed page. So, I was particularly struck by the earnest renderings of June Brigman and Roy Richardson in their labor of love and timeless beauty: Black Beauty. For any reading this who know not the tale, suffice it to say this will be an excellent, pithy and tasty introduction. The story moves right along and the illustrations capture the spirit of the age and of the plucky steeds portrayed. The little paperback format is an inexpensive way to introduce young readers to the story; and its simplicity will merit many repeat readings by those grandfatherly types - such as I - who love a little one in the lap for an evening's storytime, until one or both of us falls fast asleep! Get a whole case of these and pass them out to horselovers wherever you go! EXTRAS worthy of mention include a few pages devoted to June's adapive stylings, i.e. just HOW the little paperback was developed from her artist's perspectives. Too, you will find the sweet synopsis of the life of Anna Sewell very moving. Highest recommendation.