Dick King-Smith

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

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

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

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?....

All pterodactyls know that flying dinosaurs are superior, and all apatosauruses know that any dinosaur with only two legs is surely second-class....

Flora was born on the first day of term in the new school year, which might be why she's a very special mouse indeed – a mouse who has taught herself to read!....

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

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

Abigail would love to have a pet parrot, but they're too expensive....

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

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

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

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....

Harmony Parker thought animals much nicer than people, and saw everyone she knew as some non-human species....

Brought to you by Puffin. An exciting new publication in celebration of the centenary of his birth, a recently discovered funny and poignant animal story by Dick King-Smith, completed by his great granddaughter, Josie Rogers. Ambrose may seem like an ordinary rabbit but he has the most...

There are six puppies in the pet shop window; five posh pedigree puppies, and a scruffy little mongrel with a grand ambition – to be a guard dog....

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

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

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

Sir Tumbleweed is an unlikely knight – afraid of horses, jousting and dragons....