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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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International Children's Book Day

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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International Children's Book Day

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.

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International Children's Book Day

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.

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International Children's Book Day

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.

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International Children's Book Day

Dumpling... A book that will get anyone reading! By Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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International Children's Book Day

Poppet... A book that will get anyone reading! By Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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International Children's Book Day

Fat Lawrence... A book that will get anyone reading! By Dick King-Smith from Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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International Children's Book Day

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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