Black Beauty starts out as a happy young horse, but he later experiences difficult times. He meets both good and cruel people and manages to keep his gentle nature in spite of many hardships.

The Teacher’s Book includes factfiles with background information, summary, characters’ descriptions, and also ideas for projects and enjoyable games. A step-by-step approach on every chapter is also provided, with pre-reading, while-reading, and after-reading suggestions for teaching. A key to the activities of the Student’s Book, revision tests as well as the key to the revision tests are also included.