Dick King-Smith

Farmer Hoggett wins a piglet at the fair. It should fatten up nicely....

When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog....

Sophie is small but very determined. She loves animals and is going to be a lady farmer when she grows up....

Harry Holdsworth had never heard of his Great-Uncle George until he inherited the old man’s most cherished possession....

When eight-year-old Kirstie brings home a strange egg from the Scottish shore, her family never expects it to hatch.

Small but very determined, Sophie loves animals and is going to be a farmer when she grows up....

Small but very determined Sophie wants to be a lady farmer when she grows up....

Flightless, helpless and often, frankly, more than a little silly, chickens are no match for the cunning, merciless foxes stalking their coop. Or are they?....

Ever since she was four years old, Sophie has wanted to be a lady farmer....

Ace is befriended by the farmyard animals. Together they help Ace to find his place in the farmhouse. But Ace is not the descendent of the Sheep-Pig for nothing! fame is waiting around the corner....

Sophie already has a rabbit and a cat and a dog, but what she'd really love is a pony....

Down in Blackberry Bottom lives Miss Slade, a strange – and rather dirty – old lady....

From master storyteller Dick King-Smith, this is the hilarious story of a family turned upside-down by an unusually gifted (and demanding) infant....

At the zoo, Jack steals an ostrich egg that's about to be fed to a snake, brings it home to his family's farm, and persuades a pair of geese to be its foster parents....

When Ned helps his grandmother clear out her attic, he finds a very unusual Victorian doll - she speaks!....

Martin, a kitten, is branded a 'wimp' by his siblings for his friendly interest in mice....

If only that horrible cat didn't live here!....

Farmer Skint and his family have fallen on hard times at Woebegone Farm until their goose lays a golden egg....

When people stare into Lollipop's eyes, it seems to change them for the better. But will Lollipop win over spoilt Princess Penelope?....

His mother was amazed when she saw the size of her newborn infant and realised that feeding him was going to cause problems....