Dick King-smith

Dick King-Smith was born in 1922 and brought up in Gloucestershire. 

Dick served with the Grenadier Guards during World War II and was mentioned in dispatches. He then spent twenty years working as a farmer and a short period teaching in a primary school before becoming a full-time writer. 

Dick has written over seventy stories, many of which have animal characters for the simple reason that, "I like them, I've always kept a lot of pets, and because it's fun putting words in their mouths." His farming years were the inspiration for many of his books, and pigs have featured in several of them because they are his favourite animal. Dick won the 1984 Guardian Fiction Award for The Sheep-Pig, which was later turned into an Oscar-winning film, Babe.

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Mouse Family Robinson
Dick King-smith
A mouse family on the move… The mouse family Robinson set off on a midnight flit to save their skins after young Beaumont Robinson is within a whisker of getting caught by the cat. A wonderful new stories from the...
Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2008

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All Because of Jackson
Dick King-smith
Attractively packaged for emerging readers, All Because of Jackson is the story of a most unusual rabbit. While his friends burrow and play, Jackson sits of the cliff side watching the tall ships coming and going. All he wants to...
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/02/2006

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The Hodgeheg
Dick King-smith
This is an absolutely charming modern classic from one of Britain’s all-time favourite authors.  There is no-one more impressive when it comes to animal stories than Dick King-Smith and this one is our favourite. The Hodegheg has everything – humour,...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 25/11/2004

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The Sheep-Pig
Dick King-smith
The magic of a special animal is perfectly captured in the heroic antics of Babe, a piglet with a difference. The runt of a litter, Babe arrives on the farm where is he trained by the sheep dog along with...
Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 06/02/2003

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