Black Beauty's Early Days in the Meadow.Black Beauty's Early Days in the Meadow Anna Sewell Anna Sewell (March 30, 1820 – April 25, 1878) was a British writer, the author of the classic novel Black Beauty. Biography Anna was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, in a Quaker family, one of two children. , author; Jane Monroe Donovan, illustrator Sleeping Bear Press c/o Thomson Gale (Thomson Gale, a Thomson Learning business, Farmington Hills, MI, www.gale.com). A leading information publishing company for libraries, schools and businesses. Thomson Gale was formed in 1998 as a merger of Gale Research, Information Access Company and Primary Source Media, three Thomson 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills Far·ming·ton Hills A city of southeast Michigan, an industrial suburb of Detroit. Population: 81,400. , MI 48331-3535 1585362964 $15.95 www.thomson.com 1-800-231-5163 Black Beauty's Early Days in the Meadow transforms the beginning of Anna Sewell's classic of children's literature children's literature, writing whose primary audience is children. See also children's book illustration. The Beginnings of Children's Literature The earliest of what came to be regarded as children's literature was first meant for adults. into a gorgeous picturebook. Illustrated in soft colors by Jane Monroe Donovan, who studied horses at length to exquisitely capture their movements, the expansive artwork captures the essence of spring from the fresh grass of the meadow to the pastel hues of the sky. A wonderful introduction to a great humanitarian book for young people, and a superb book to read aloud at storytime or bedtime. The final lesson from Black Beauty's mother has an important lesson for youngsters of all species: "'I hope you grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot trot one of the natural gaits of the horse; a two-beat gait on alternating diagonals. collected trot the head is held well in and the horse is not permitted to fully extend its limbs. , and never bite or kick even in play.' I have never forgotten my mother's advice; I knew she was a wise old horse, and our master thought a great deal of her." |
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