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Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the county of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. Later he taught at a village primary school. His first book, The Fox Busters, was published in 1978. 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). At the British Book Awards in 1991 he was voted Children’s Author of the Year. 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. Discover more about Dick King-Smith at: dickkingsmith.com
Dumpling
Fat Lawrence
Poppet
The Invisible Dog and The Sheep Pig bind-up
The Golden Goose
The Invisible Dog
The Mouse Family Robinson
The Water Horse
Dinosaur Trouble
Harry's Mad
The Magic Carpet Slippers
Under the Mishmash Trees
Just Binnie
Magnus Powermouse
The Queen's Nose
The Swoose
The Jenius
Martin's Mice
Smasher
George Speaks
The Schoolmouse
Blessu
Lady Daisy
Hairy Hezekiah
Jungle Jingles
Ambrose Follows His Nose
The Hodgeheg
The Sheep-pig
The Fox Busters
Dick King-Smith's Book of Pets
Harriet's Hare
The Crowstarver
Happy Mouseday
Mr Ape
The Adventurous Snail
A Mouse Called Wolf
Omnibombulator
The Catlady
The Guard Dog
Ninnyhammer
Billy the Bird
E.S.P.
Godhanger
Animal Tales
Connie & Rollo
Titus Rules OK
Horse Pie
All Because of Jackson
Funny Frank
Today is the day to read this brilliant book (not that you needed an excuse!), The Mouse Family Robinson by Dick King-Smith from Puffin.
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Today is the day to read this brilliant book (not that you needed an excuse!), The Adventurous Snail by Dick King-Smith from Young Corgi.
Today is the day to read this brilliant book (not that you needed an excuse!), The Mouse Family Robinson by Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Today is the day to read this brilliant book (not that you needed an excuse!), The Schoolmouse by Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Dumpling... A book that will get anyone reading! By Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Poppet... A book that will get anyone reading! By Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK.
Fat Lawrence... A book that will get anyone reading! By Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK.
A classic story to celebrate International Children's Book Day, The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK.
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