Everyone's heard about Black Beauty, probably the greatest horse that ever lived. But what about the rest of his family? Here we meet some of his other extraordinary relations, each with an amazing story to tell. There's his brother, Black Ebony, who is involved in a terrible mining accident; his great niece, Black Princess, a heroine in World War One; and then there's Black Velvet, a distant relation whose life as a show jumper is about to change dramatically.
Are your twins normal?' Mrs Pullein-Thompson was asked. 'Good God, I hope not,' she retorted. The twins were Diana and Christine who, with their elder sister, Josephine, wrote more than 150 books, which have sold in their millions around the world. Fifty years after the joint publication of their first book, It Began with Picotee, the siblings wrote about their extraordinary childhood with lovable, but often unreliable animals and unforgettable humans. Their charming, nostalgic memoir offers a glimpse into the lives of three remarkable sisters who went on to become household names to a generation of readers.
This amazing collection of eighteen stories introduces young readers to the best contemporary writers of fantasy. It also contains extracts from enduring classics such as C. S. Lewis's The Silver Chair, Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling and Five Children and It by E. Nesbit. Robin Lawrie's imaginative illustrations bring evil witches, a web-footed Marshwiggle and a very irritable dragon - among other bizarre characters - to life. Carefully selected by the renowned children's writer Diana Wynne Jones, this is an anthology to treasure.
Memories of a country childhood. The twins were the young Diana and Christine who, with their elder sister, have writen over 150 books, which have sold millions around the world. Now, 50 years after the publication of their first pony book in 1946, the three sisters have combined again, to describe their early childhood with lovable but often unreliable animals and unforgettable humans. Their lives are often the very stuff of pony books in these funny and moving recollections, as the spasmodically educated authors look back to those days between 1928 and 1942 that turned them into the prolific writers they became.
Glæd dig til at følge Black Princess' utrolige tilværelse. Hun lever et dejligt liv hos Lady Angela, da 1. verdenskrig bryder ud. Til sin store sorg må Black Princess skilles fra Angela. Augustine, en ung officer, bliver Black Princess' nye ejer. De holder trofast sammen under krigens trængsler, indtil den tragiske dag, da Augustine bliver dræbt ... Den britiske forfatter Diana Pullein-Thompson (f. 1925) har skrevet et utal af værker, men er primært kendt for sine børnevenlige hestebøger fyldt med spænding og eventyr. Hun startede sin forfatterkarriere som ganske ung, da hun i samarbejde med sine søskende – Christine og Josephine – begyndte at skrive netop hestebøger. Sidenhen er det blevet til et utal af titler, blandt andet i serien om Black Beauty og dennes familie. Serien om Black Beautys familie fortæller om spændende historier fyldt med oplevelser, udfordringer og eventyr for de smukke heste, der kommer ud for lidt af hver på deres rejser.
Are your twins normal?' Mrs Pullein-Thompson was asked. 'Good God, I hope not,' she retorted. The twins were Diana and Christine who, with their elder sister, Josephine, wrote more than 150 books, which have sold in their millions around the world. Fifty years after the joint publication of their first book, It Began with Picotee, the siblings wrote about their extraordinary childhood with lovable, but often unreliable animals and unforgettable humans. Their charming, nostalgic memoir offers a glimpse into the lives of three remarkable sisters who went on to become household names to a generation of readers.
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