Yob (Yellow Bananas)

by Dick King-Smith

Genres: Childrens, Fiction, Animals

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1986

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

[Gemma]

Yob was the first book I took out from my local library, a long time ago! While reading it I realised that 'Yob' was 'boy' backwards. This amazed me and got me thinking about whether I could talk like that all the time! I love the story about a dog who only understands words when they are backwards, it is quiet funny to a child!

I feel that Yob could help children to understand that people and animals sometimes have difficulty understanding and using words andthat sometimes things can get mixed up.

I haven't read Yob for a good few years so I will be getting a copy of it very soon.

[Beth Monk]

This wasn't terrible, I have read it previously and enjoyed the story. I think this is definitely suited to the age groups and it is a good quick read.