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.' 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? 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 - and it's now available as part of the stunning Heritage gift book range by Egmont
- ISBN10 1405264187
- ISBN13 9781405264181
- Publish Date 1 October 2012 (first published December 1954)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 November 2015
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Egmont UK Ltd
- Imprint Egmont Heritage
- Edition Hardback , Heritage
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English