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A funny, moving story about a boy and his animal friends, from bestselling author Dick King-Smith.
Dick King-Smith (1922-2011) served in the Grenadier Guards during
the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer
in Gloucestershire, the county of his birth. Many of his stories
are inspired by his farming experiences. Later he taught at a
village primary school. His first book, The Fox Busters, was
published in 1978. He went onto write a great many more children's
books, including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award and
filmed as Babe), Harry's Mad, Noah's Brother, The Hodgeheg,
Martin's Mice, Ace, The Cuckoo Child and Harriet's Hare (winner of
the Children's Book Award in 1995). At the British Book Awards in
1991 he was voted Children's Author of the Year. In 2009 he was
made OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith
died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight. Nigel Lambert is a voice
actor, best known for his role as the narrator of the first series
of the BBC comedy series Look Around You. He is the voice of Mr
Curry in the television series The Adventures of Paddington Bear,
and also ‘Papa’ in the Dolmio pasta sauce puppet commercials.
Lambert has recorded over 50 audiobooks including the classic tale,
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. He is a four-time AudioFile Earphones
Award-winner, praised for his flawless timing and masterful
characterisations.
'A delightful blend of whimsy and common sense.'
*Kirkus Reviews*
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