Dick King-Smith - autor

A reissue of a beautiful story for older readers in which bestselling author Dick King-Smith creates a fascinating picture of rural life at the time of the Second World War. Discovered as a foundling in a lambing pen, Spider Sparrow grows up...

Unlike most kittens, Martin doesn t like eating mice - let alone catching them. When he catches one by mistake he decides to keep it as a pet and soon Drusilla the mouse is established in an old bath tub in the attic. Martin is kept busy getting...

A little girl who desperately wants a dog introduces an imaginary Great Dane called Henry into her home. Her wish comes true when she is allowed a real Henry. Was old Mrs Garrow, with her cackling laugh and black cat, responsible for her wish...

Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but it s on the wrong side of the road from the Park where there s a beautiful lily pond and plenty of juicy slugs, worms and snails!The busy road is dangerous but Max is determined...

Flightless, helpless and often, more than a little silly, chickens are no match for the cunning, merciless foxes stalking their coop. Or are they Thanks to a careless farmer and generations of determined foxes, the chickens on Foxearth Farm have...

The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smith s most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation, Babe, was released in 1995. Why can t I learn to be a Sheep-Pig When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget,...

Harmony s uncle sends her on a treasure trail - which disappointingly ends in her finding a 50p piece. But the coin is a magic one, and when you rub the queen s nose, your wishes will come true!From the number one author for animal magic comes...

To łagodne stworzenie wydaje się idealnym zwierzęciem domowym. Kłopot w tym, że nie przestaje rosnąć. Staje się coraz większy. I WIĘKSZY. I WIĘKSZY. Wkrótce stworzenie jest za duże by je ukrywać, więc zostaje wypuszczone do jeziora Loch. Niebawem...