Dick King-Smith

When Babe, the piglet, arrives at Farmer Hogget's farm, Mrs. Hoggett has plans to cook him. But soon the Hoggetts see that Babe is no ordinary pig.

Published to mark the centenary of his birth, a recently discovered adventure by the author behind The Water Horse and Babe the Gallant Pig, completed by his great granddaughter  Ambrose is a young rabbit with a very strong sense of smell - he's as good at tracking as a bloodhound. He lives in a hutch with his three siblings and his parents, and is owned by Jim, who smells very strongly of cat, much to Ambrose's disgust. Jim's niece Biddy comes to...

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Puffin presents five stories from master storyteller, Dick King-Smith.
This collection featuring one of Dick King-Smith's most famous stories The Invisible Dog.
The Invisible Dog is the story of a girl who tries to satisfy her yearning for a dog by introducing an imaginary Great Dane called Henry to the house. Her wish comes true and she is allowed a real Henry - but there's more than a hint

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Queen Elizabeth's youngest corgi prevents a series of disasters at Windsor Castle and earns the title "king among dogs."

Flora, the world's most educated mouse, saves her family during a crisis.

In 1930, on the coast of Scotland, eight-year-old Kirstie finds a large egg which hatches into an unusual sea creature, and as he grows her family must decide what to do with him.

When eight-year-old Patsy and her younger brother befriend their old neighbor and her many animals, the children help the mysterious lady change her life.

Eight-year-old Judy tries to convince her parents and classmates that her brilliant guinea pig can do all the tricks which she says it can.

Farmer Hoggett wins a runt piglet at a local fair and young Babe, as the piglet decides to call himself, befriends and learns about all the other creatures on the farm. He becomes special friends with one of the sheepdogs, Fly. With Fly's help, and Farmer Hoggett's intuition, Babe embarks on a career in sheepherding with some surprising and spectacular results.

Farmer Tubbs' amazing pig, Ace of Clubs, eventually winds up on television for his cleverness.