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National Velvet

Enid Bagnold, Laurian Jones

National Velvet

Subjects

  • Animal Tales - bundles of fur, fluff and fun
  • Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills

Average rating

5 out 5

Velvet Brown is a 14 year old girl living in small coastal village in the 1920s. She dreams of owning and training horses one day. When she and her friend Mi see a piebald horse jump a five foot fence, they decide to follow Velvet’s dream to ride in the Grand National. But will Velvet be allowed to ride in the race?