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The most famous and loved racing story of all time. National Velvet is a classic tale of dreams, ambition and one girl's belief in a horse.Velvet'll sit on a horse like a shadow and breathe her soul into it I never seen such a creature on a horse.'Fourteen year old Velvet is mad about horses. When she wins a piebald horse in a raffle, she knows he's something special. His heart is as big as the five-foot fences he jumps, and he'll do anything for Velvet. Soon, she and her friend Mi have their sights set on the biggest race in England. But can a girl win the Grand National?Perfect for horse and ponly lovers from nine to ninety nine years old. The book that inspired the classic film starring Elizabeth Taylor, National Velvet is a true classic of print and screen. Alongside Black Beauty and My Friend Flicka it is one of the great horse books for children.My childhood dreams were based on this book it was the only place I'd ever seen them come true' Clare Balding

National Velvet

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    A Paperback / softback by Enid Bagnold

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      Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
      Published 29 June 2017
      ISBN-13 9781405287500
      978-1405287500
      ISBN-10 1405287500

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      Book Synopsis
      The most famous and loved racing story of all time. National Velvet is a classic tale of dreams, ambition and one girl's belief in a horse.Velvet'll sit on a horse like a shadow and breathe her soul into it I never seen such a creature on a horse.'Fourteen year old Velvet is mad about horses. When she wins a piebald horse in a raffle, she knows he's something special. His heart is as big as the five-foot fences he jumps, and he'll do anything for Velvet. Soon, she and her friend Mi have their sights set on the biggest race in England. But can a girl win the Grand National?Perfect for horse and ponly lovers from nine to ninety nine years old. The book that inspired the classic film starring Elizabeth Taylor, National Velvet is a true classic of print and screen. Alongside Black Beauty and My Friend Flicka it is one of the great horse books for children.My childhood dreams were based on this book it was the only place I'd ever seen them come true' Clare Balding

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