Sheep-Pig

The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smith's most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation, Babe, was released in 1995. 'Why can't I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?' When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can't be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep-pig. 'An unexpectedly thrilling, funny charmer of a book' - Guardian 'Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children' - Observer *** Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award*** Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the country of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. He wrote a great number of children's books, including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award and filmed as Babe), Harry's Mad , Noah's Brother , The Queen's Nose , Martin's Mice , Ace , The Cuckoo Child and Harriet's Hare (winner of the Children's Book Award in 1995). In 2009 he was made an OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight.

Product details

• Authors: Dick King-Smith, King-Smith Dick
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9780141370217
• ISBN: 978-0-14-137021-7
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 8 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Story books, fairytales, sagas, rhymes, songs; JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Interest age: from c 7 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction