Beautiful Jim : the world's smartest horse /
Material type:
TextSeries: Parachini, Jodie. Animalographies ; Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2021Copyright date: 2021Description: 32 unnumbered pages ; color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780807506110
- 0807506117
- Key, Bill, 1833-1909 -- Juvenile fiction
- Key, Bill, 1833-1909 -- Fiction
- Key, Bill, 1833-1909
- Beautiful Jim Key (Horse) -- Juvenile fiction
- Horses -- Juvenile fiction
- Human-animal communication -- Juvenile fiction
- Animals -- Treatment -- Juvenile fiction
- Beautiful Jim Key (Horse) -- Fiction
- Horses -- Fiction
- Human-animal communication -- Fiction
- Animals -- Treatment -- Fiction
- Human-animal communication
- Horses
- Animals -- Treatment
- Beautiful Jim Key (Horse)
- [Fic] 23
- 636.1/00929 23
- PZ10.3.P2225 Be 2021
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan (Child Access) | Hayden Library Easy Nonfiction | Hayden Library | Book | 636.1/PARACHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 06/06/2024 | 50610023457455 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Told in the first person as if written by Beautiful Jim himself, this is the story of the sensation in the late 1800s and early 1900s: a horse whose owner, Doc Key, a formerly enslaved man who loved animals, taught to read, write, and do math. Reading Jim's diary and the story, we learn how, together with Doc Key, Jim performed all over the United States, even for two presidents, while promoting kindness to animals.
Includes bibliographical references.
A first "person" account of a horse trained in the late nineteenth century by former slave Doc Key to read, write, and do math in performances across the country to promote kindess to animals. Includes fact sheet.
Ages 4-8. Albert Whitman & Company.
Grades 2-3. Albert Whitman & Company.
Reviews provided by Syndetics
Kirkus Book Review
An educated horse tells his own story. Jim was meant to be a racehorse, but he is born awkward. Jim's "human," William "Doc" Key, is a Black man who was born into slavery and educated alongside the White children on the plantation. Jim relates how Doc loved to read about animal medicine and became so skilled at it that he was often called upon to treat animals on farms and even humans. When slavery ended, Doc prospered as a veterinarian. After Jim's birth in 1889, Doc and his wife notice Jim's remarkable intelligence, and Doc spends time teaching Jim the alphabet and numbers. Jim learns so many impressive skills that he and Doc take their show on the road and astonish audiences, including presidents and visitors to the 1904 world's fair. Jim can spell, sort mail, use a telephone, and solve arithmetic problems. But the presentation is not just for show. Doc believes that the only skills needed to train animals are patience and kindness, and he hopes that seeing Jim's intelligence will influence people to treat animals kindly. The text is written as a first-person narrative from the horse's point of view, with occasional "diary" entries from particular locations and years. This style works well to draw readers into the story and to reinforce the idea that animals have feelings. The grainy, speckled texture of the illustrations gives them a slightly unfinished appearance, but the settings and characters are endearing and engaging. A fascinating story. (notes) (Picture book. 4-9) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.There are no comments on this title.