The Sheep-Pig

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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, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can t be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep-pig."An unexpectedly thrilling, funny charmer of a book" - Guardian "Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children? - Observer***Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award***Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the country of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. 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). 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.

Książka "The Sheep-Pig" - Dick King-Smith - oprawa miękka - Wydawnictwo PUFFIN. Książka posiada 198 stron i została wydana w 2017 r.