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The Black Stallionby Walter Farley, Domenick D'Andrea (Illustrator)
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The Black Stallionby Walter Farley, Domenick D'Andrea (Illustrator)
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This is more than a classic tale of the love between a boy and his magnificent horse. For years that's all that I thought this book was. As a child, I read this book dozens of times and dreamt of having a horse like Alec Ramsey did. But now as a mom, I see a different side of this book. I am constantly looking for good character building stories, with positive role models for my children. And this book is one of them. While it's an adventure story, it's also the story of a boy who is loving, devoted, hard-working and respectful. He faces challenges that would daunt almost anyone, and he never gives up. Today, when so many of our children's role models have fighting and battling as a key element, this book is a refreshing change.
The wildest of all wild creatures... a stallion unbroken, untamed! That was the Black Stallion - a fabulous horse who shared a desert island with a shipwrecked boy.. who was tamed by the boy's love... and who carried his young friend through amazing adventures and magnificent races around the world. Horse lovers of all ages have thrilled to Walter Farley's famous Black Stallion stories.
Alec Ramsey first saw the Black Stallion when his ship docked at a small Arabian port on the Red Sea. Little did he dream then that the magnificent wild horse was destined to play an important part in his young life; that the strange understanding which grew between them would lead through untold dangers to high adventure in America.