Black Beauty - Level A2 - Global Graded Stories with Videos

Black Beauty - Level A2 - Global Graded Stories with Videos

by Anna Sewell

A series of classic stories designed specifically for English learners. These stories have been adapted by expert ELT authors, ensuring that the language level is carefully graded to match the learners’ abilities.

Each title includes:
• Beautifully illustrated scenes for every chapter.
• Carefully graded levels, from Elementary to Upper Intermediate (A2 to B2), ensuring learners have material suited to their ability.
• Video narrations to help learners improve comprehension and fluency.
• Reading comprehension questions to reinforce understanding.
• Vocabulary revision exercises for practice.
• Glossaries in simple English for easy reference.

About the story
Black Beauty, written in 1877, is one of the most loved books in English. The story is told by a horse named Black Beauty, which lets readers see the world through the eyes of an animal. The story starts with Black Beauty’s happy early life on a quiet farm. His owner is kind, and he learns to trust people. But as Black Beauty grows older, he is sold to new owners. Some of them are kind, but others treat him badly.

The book shows the different parts of Black Beauty’s life. He works as a carriage horse in London, where some drivers care more about money than the horses’ well-being. We see both the cruelty and kindness of people through Black Beauty’s eyes. The author, Anna Sewell, wrote about the ways horses were mistreated, especially the painful use of the bearing rein, a tool that caused horses a lot of suffering in Victorian times.

Even though Black Beauty goes through hard times, the story also shows moments of love, friendship, and loyalty. Black Beauty makes friends with other horses and some kind humans. This book not only tells the story of a horse, but it also teaches important lessons. It shows us how animals feel pain and emotions, just like humans do. Black Beauty reminds us to treat animals with care and respect, and to understand that they have feelings too. Because of this, the book has helped change how people treat horses, encouraging kindness and better treatment for all animals.

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