FOREWORD Anna Sewell said she wrote Black Beauty to induce kindness sympathy and an understanding treatment of horses It was the fi rst book written from the point of view of a horse and it was an immediate success As a direct result of her portrayal of the harsh treatment of animals Anna Sewell not only improved the lives of carriage horses but of all other working animals too
For my grandson Tom Brown
Anna Sewell’s BLACK BEAUTY Retold and illustrated by Ruth Brown ANDERSEN PRESS USA
