The Silver Brumby (novel)

The Silver Brumby (1958) is a 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]

The Silver Brumby
AuthorElyne Mitchell
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
SeriesSilver Brumby
GenreChildren's fiction
PublisherHutchinson
Publication date
1958
Media typePrint
Pages191 pp
Preceded byBlack Cockatoos Mean Snow 
Followed bySilver Brumby's Daughter 

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 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 Elyne Mitchell, Jon Stephens and John Tatoulis, and featured Caroline Goodall and Russell Crowe.[4]

The novel was also adapted as an animated television series in 1998; the series consisted of 39 25-minute episodes. The series was written by Judy Malmgren, Jon Stephens and Paul Williams, and featured Brett Climo, Rebecca Gibney and Rhys Muldoon in vocal roles.[5]

Awards

See also

References
  1. Austlit - The Silver Brumby by Elyne Mitchell
  2. "Children's Book of the Year Award Shared" The Canberra Times, 11 July 1959, p11
  3. "Two for Children", The Bulletin, 5 November 1958, p58
  4. IMDB - The Silver Brumby (1993)
  5. IMDB - The Silver Brumby (1998)
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