The Silver Brumby (novel)

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The Silver Brumby
Author Elyne Mitchell
CountryAustralia
Language English
Series Silver Brumby
GenreChildren's fiction
Publisher Hutchinson
Publication date
1958
Media typePrint
Pages191 pp
Preceded byBlack Cockatoos Mean Snow 
Followed bySilver Brumby's Daughter 

The Silver Brumby is a 1958 novel for children by Australian author Elyne Mitchell. [1] It was commended for the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1959. [2]

Contents

Story outline

The story follows the fortunes of a young stallion in a herd of brumbies in the Australian mountain country as he fights his way to the leadership of the herd.

Critical reception

The reviewer in The Bulletin had a few reservations about the book: "One has some doubts about the way the horses talk in it - Mrs. Mitchell, with her essentially realistic approach, hasn't set up quite the right climate of fantasy where this could be acceptable - and, with one brumby-hunt following another and the stallions incessantly fighting, it is a bit repetitive: but against that Mrs. Mitchell does know her country and does know her brumbies". [3]

Adaptation

The novel was adapted for the film in 1993, with the title altered to The Silver Stallion for the US market. The film was directed by John Tatoulis, from a script by Mitchell, Jon Stephens, and Tatoulis, and featured Caroline Goodall and Russell Crowe. [4]

The novel was also adapted as an animated television series in 1996; the series consisted of 39 25-minute episodes. The series was written by Judy Malmgren, Stephens, and Paul Williams, and featured Brett Climo, Rebecca Gibney and Rhys Muldoon in vocal roles. [5]

Awards

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