Dick King-Smith

Ace is befriended by the farmyard animals. Together they help Ace to find his place in the farmhouse. But Ace is not the descendent of the Sheep-Pig for nothing! fame is waiting around the corner....

When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog....

Farmer Hoggett wins a piglet at the fair. It should fatten up nicely....

When eight-year-old Kirstie brings home a strange egg from the Scottish shore, her family never expects it to hatch.

Ever since she was four years old, Sophie has wanted to be a lady farmer....

Small but very determined Sophie wants to be a lady farmer when she grows up....

Martin, a kitten, is branded a 'wimp' by his siblings for his friendly interest in mice....

When people stare into Lollipop's eyes, it seems to change them for the better. But will Lollipop win over spoilt Princess Penelope?....

Flora was born on the first day of term in the new school year, which might be why she's a very special mouse indeed – a mouse who has taught herself to read!....

Sophie is small but very determined. She loves animals and is going to be a lady farmer when she grows up....

Flightless, helpless and often, frankly, more than a little silly, chickens are no match for the cunning, merciless foxes stalking their coop. Or are they?....

Abigail would love to have a pet parrot, but they're too expensive....

Harry Holdsworth had never heard of his Great-Uncle George until he inherited the old man’s most cherished possession....

Sophie is small but very determined. She loves animals and is going to be a lady farmer when she grows up....

Best known for his best-selling novel, Babe, which was made into a major motion picture, Dick King-Smith draws on his over 14 years of experience on Woodlands Farm to create this thoughtful and humorous memoir. His time on the farm inspired countless stories as well as the numerous lovable...

The date is AD 1650. Dodos are leading idyllic lives on an island in the Indian Ocean, but soon there will be no dodos anywhere at all on earth....

His mother was amazed when she saw the size of her newborn infant and realised that feeding him was going to cause problems....

Frank is a funny chick. Unlike all his brothers and sisters, he wants to dabble about in the lovely duck pond, splashing himself with water. Most of all, he wants to learn to swim....

At the zoo, Jack steals an ostrich egg that's about to be fed to a snake, brings it home to his family's farm, and persuades a pair of geese to be its foster parents....

Down in Blackberry Bottom lives Miss Slade, a strange – and rather dirty – old lady....