The Complete Sophie Stories Slipcase

Sophie #1-6

by Dick King-Smith, David Parkins

A delightful gift box with the entire set of stories about the ever-popular Sophie. Sophie is small, but very determined. She's crazy about animals and wants to be a farmer when she grows up. Her best friend is great-great-aunt Al from Scotland, who looks a bit like a bird; and her worst enemy is a girl called Dawn. Sophie would love to have a pony, but doesn't think she'll ever be that lucky. She does meet a nice one called Bumblebee though, while on holiday at the seaside - where she also makes friends with a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig! Read all about Sophie, her family and friends - animal and human - in these six galloping stories: Sophie's Snail, Sophie's Tom, Sophie Hits Six, Sophie in the Saddle, Sophie Is Seven, Sophie's Lucky.

Genres: Animals

Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

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.

Reviews

[Rebecca ❤ Bea ❤ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still to this day my favorite books. These are deeply embedded in the memories of my childhood. I have had them read and re-read to me and then read them again and again to myself and still find pleasure in them today, reading them to my little sister and even sometimes alone, just a little dip into childhood.

Sophie is hilarious. A fact that I have come to appreciate more with age. From her atrocious spelling to her utter disdain for her brothers, she continues to delight.

When it all came to a close in 'Sophie's Lucky' I sobbed and sobbed. With grief, with joy and simply for the fact that it was all over. The most beautiful stories, by a most talented author, of the sweetest, funniest, most stubborn little heroine.

[Ho Ming Yung · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a separate book from the Sophie series. It has 3 stories in it. They are all about when Sophie grows older and what she does. I especially liked the part when she was at the supermarket picking food. My favourite character was Sophie because she was very smart. I recommend this book to children 8+

[Cherry · Rating 5 out of 5]

A childhood favourite, I adored the stories about this animal loving tomboy.

[Monica C]

Read this ages ago xx