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Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
This book was the first book I was ever given, christmas 1986 by my grandad. It pretty much defines my childhood up until the age of 10/11 when I discovered Judy Blume and Black Beauty didn't cut it anymore.
I still have the first copy I was given that christmas and have just passed it on to my 10 year old daughter.
I re-read this book dozens of times when I was a child, I would sniffle and smile at the same parts everytime and even though it's not a groundbreaking story or a life changing one, it hit a nerve with a young girl who threw herself into the world of this horse and honestly made me love sitting on the fence of my grandma's house, watching her horses run around, a place I ended up spending hours, usually with this book in hand.
For that reason it's always going to be a lovely book and even though my daughter has labelled it boring, I hope she attempts to read it again when she's older, even though it won't have the same impact it did on me, I want her to experience knowing this book.
I still have the first copy I was given that christmas and have just passed it on to my 10 year old daughter.
I re-read this book dozens of times when I was a child, I would sniffle and smile at the same parts everytime and even though it's not a groundbreaking story or a life changing one, it hit a nerve with a young girl who threw herself into the world of this horse and honestly made me love sitting on the fence of my grandma's house, watching her horses run around, a place I ended up spending hours, usually with this book in hand.
For that reason it's always going to be a lovely book and even though my daughter has labelled it boring, I hope she attempts to read it again when she's older, even though it won't have the same impact it did on me, I want her to experience knowing this book.