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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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Happiness Happens Month

August is Happiness Happens Month! Loving Fat Lawrence by Dick King-Smith and Mike Terry from Penguin Random House Children's UK.

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Happiness Happens Month

Get happy with Fat Lawrence by Dick King-Smith and Mike Terry. Published by Puffin.

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Happiness Happens Month

Get happy with Dumpling by Dick King-Smith and Jo Davies. Published by Puffin.

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Happiness Happens Month

Get happy with Dumpling by Dick King-Smith and Jo Davies. Published by Penguin Random House Children's UK.

3 days ago

International Day of Friendship

So why not read Poppet by Dick King-Smith from Puffin

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International Day of Friendship

So why not read Under the Mishmash Trees by Dick King-Smith from Puffin

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International Day of Friendship

So why not read Harry's Mad by Dick King-Smith from Puffin

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International Day of Friendship

So why not read The Adventurous Snail by Dick King-Smith from Young Corgi

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