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Dick King-Smith


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

Died
January 05, 2011

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Genre
Children's Books


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. ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 41,749 ratings · 3,567 reviews · 328 distinct works • Similar authors
Babe: The Gallant Pig
4.10 avg rating — 16,467 ratings — published 1983 — 64 editions
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The Water Horse
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3.88 avg rating — 3,184 ratings — published 1990 — 67 editions
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The Hodgeheg
3.99 avg rating — 1,878 ratings — published 1987 — 30 editions
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A Mouse Called Wolf
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3.87 avg rating — 1,937 ratings — published 1997 — 27 editions
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Martin's Mice
4.01 avg rating — 1,086 ratings — published 1988 — 39 editions
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Lady Lollipop
3.95 avg rating — 948 ratings — published 2001 — 39 editions
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The Queen's Nose
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3.98 avg rating — 850 ratings — published 1983 — 38 editions
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Pigs Might Fly
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3.91 avg rating — 714 ratings — published 1980 — 29 editions
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Sophie's Snail (Sophie, #1)
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4.05 avg rating — 672 ratings — published 1988 — 37 editions
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Harry's Mad
4.01 avg rating — 676 ratings — published 1984 — 48 editions
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Series by Dick King-Smith

Sophie's Snail Sophie's Tom Sophie Hits Six Sophie in the Saddle Sophie Is Seven Sophie's Lucky
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The Jolly Witch Mrs. Jollipop Mrs. Jolly's Brolly
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Quotes by Dick King-Smith  (?)
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“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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“That'll do, Pig. That'll do. -Farmer Hogget”
― Dick King-Smith, Babe: The Gallant Pig
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“I do not blench at nature red in tooth and claw... And much as I love The Wind in the Willows and the works of Beatrix Potter, I never dress my animals in clothes... They behave as animals should behave, with the exception that they open their mouths and speak the Queen's English.”
― Dick King-Smith
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