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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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Kitten Day

Fat Lawrence by Dick King-Smith from Puffin is a great cat read!

4 months ago

Happy birthday Dick King-Smith

Happy Birthday Dick King-Smith! Now's the time to read Omnibombulator published by Young Corgi.

8 months ago

Happy birthday Dick King-Smith

Happy Birthday Dick King-Smith! Now's the time to read A Mouse Called Wolf published by Yearling.

8 months ago

Happy birthday Dick King-Smith

Happy Birthday Dick King-Smith! Now's the time to read The Adventurous Snail published by Young Corgi.

8 months ago

Happy birthday Dick King-Smith

Happy Birthday Dick King-Smith! Now's the time to read Ambrose Follows His Nose published by Puffin.

8 months ago

Happy birthday Dick King-Smith

Happy Birthday Dick King-Smith! Now's the time to read The Crowstarver published by Puffin Classics.

8 months ago

Happy birthday Dick King-Smith

Happy Birthday Dick King-Smith! Now's the time to read Jungle Jingles published by Young Corgi.

8 months ago

Happy birthday Dick King-Smith

Happy Birthday Dick King-Smith! Now's the time to read Hairy Hezekiah published by Young Corgi.

8 months ago

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