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About Dick King-Smith

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

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Dress Up your Pet Day

Dick King-Smith's Book of Pets, a great pet read. By Dick King-Smith from Puffin

8 days ago

Dress Up your Pet Day

Dick King-Smith's Book of Pets, a great pet read. By Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK

8 days ago

Rubber Duckie Day

A brilliant book about a duck - what more do you need on Rubber Duckie Day! Funny Frank by Dick King-Smith from Young Corgi

9 days ago

Rubber Duckie Day

A brilliant book about a duck - what more do you need on Rubber Duckie Day! Dick King-Smith's Book of Pets by Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK

9 days ago

National Horse Day (US)

A remarkable book that your children will love. The Crowstarver by Dick King-Smith.

1 month ago

National Horse Day (US)

Amazing!!! Horse Pie by Dick King-Smith. Published by Young Corgi.

1 month ago

National Horse Day (US)

Amazing!!! The Crowstarver by Dick King-Smith. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

1 month ago

National Horse Day (US)

Animal Tales by Dick King-Smith from Young Corgi is brilliant!

1 month ago

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