by John Steinbeck · Macmillan Education · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780435272043
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«The Red Pony» is John Steinbeck's short novel in a student-adapted version, published by Macmillan Education in paperback (64 pages, English).
Jody Tiflin grows up on a ranch in Northern California and learns the harsh demands of cattle life. His father gives him a pony, Gabilan, and with the help of the hired hand Billy Buck he cares for and trains it, forming a very special bond. His relationship with the animal teaches him lessons about nature, responsibility, and loss.
Adaptation by M. J. Paine for the Heinemann Guided Readers series, elementary level; second edition, published in 1992.
Graded reader at elementary level for students of English as a foreign language (ESL).
John Ernst Steinbeck was an American writer and novelist. He won the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception". He has been called "a giant of American letters". One of the most widely read authors of the 20th century. He was also an independent journalist and war correspondent during World War II and the Vietnam War.
