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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

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Love Your Pet Day

Whatever pet you have, read Happy Mouseday by Dick King-Smith. Published by Corgi Pups.

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Love Your Pet Day

Whatever pet you have, read Happy Mouseday by Dick King-Smith. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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Love Your Pet Day

Whatever pet you have, read Martin's Mice by Dick King-Smith. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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Love Your Pet Day

Whatever pet you have, read Dick King-Smith's Book of Pets by Dick King-Smith. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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Love Your Pet Day

Whatever pet you have, read Mr Ape by Dick King-Smith. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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Love Your Pet Day

Whatever pet you have, read Ambrose Follows His Nose by Dick King-Smith. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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Love Your Pet Day

Mr Ape by Dick King-Smith is a great way to celebrate your pets! From Yearling.

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Love Your Pet Day

Martin's Mice by Dick King-Smith is a great way to celebrate your pets! From Puffin.

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