Dick King-Smith

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born

March 27, 1922 in Gloucestershire, England, The United Kingdom

died

January 05, 2011

gender

male

website

http://dickkingsmith.net/

genre

Children's Books

About this author

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Dick King-Smith was born and raised in Gloucestershire, England, surrounded by pet animals. After twenty years as a farmer, he turned to teaching and then to writing children's books.

Dick writes mostly about animals: farmyard fantasy, as he likes to call it, often about pigs, his special favorites. He enjoys writing for children, meeting the children who read his books, and knowing that they get enjoyment from what he does.

Among his well-loved books is Babe, The Gallant Pig, which was recently made into a major motion picture, and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Dick lived with his wife in a small 17th-century cottage, about three miles from the house where he was born.

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Books by Dick King-Smith

Average rating: 3.81 · 6,442 ratings · 724 reviews · 175 distinct works

	Babe: The Gallant Pig 3.91 avg rating — 1,859 ratings — published 1983 — 41 editions	My rating:
	The Water Horse 3.67 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 1990 — 17 editions	My rating:
	A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith, Jon Goodell (Illustrator) 3.71 avg rating — 336 ratings — published 1997 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Martin's Mice 3.90 avg rating — 251 ratings — 15 editions	My rating:
	Pigs Might Fly by Dick King-Smith, Mary Rayner (Illustrations) 3.75 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 1980 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Ace: The Very Important Pig 3.72 avg rating — 165 ratings — 17 editions	My rating:
	The School Mouse by Dick King-Smith, Cynthia Fisher (Illustrator) 3.57 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 1994 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Harry's Mad 3.94 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1984 — 17 editions	My rating:
	Lady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith, Jill Barton 3.81 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Hodgeheg 3.83 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	My rating:

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Series by Dick King-Smith

Sophie (6 books)
by Dick King-Smith

4.03 avg rating — 502 ratings

Quotes by Dick King-Smith

“Patience is a virtue,
Virtue is a grace.
Grace is a little girl
Who would not wash her face.”
― Dick King-Smith, Lady Daisy

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