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Dick King-Smith

27 March 1922 - 4 January 2011

Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, Hon.MEd (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011), was a prolific English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983), or Babe the Gallant Pig in the US. It was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours. Dick and Myrle had three children – two daughters (Juliet and Lizzie) and one son (Giles). Dick King-Smith's first book, The Foxbusters, was published in 1978.

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    First published in 1987 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Animals, Children's stories, English, Farm life, Pigs, fiction, Children's stories, Swine, Animals, fiction, Humorous stories, Pets, Pigs, Farm life, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Dogs, Dogs, fiction, Domestic animals, England, fiction, Girls, fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Mice, Mice, fiction, Cats, fiction, Juvenile literature
Places
England, Great Britain, Scotland, Angleterre, Home, Moon, Xian dai
People
Sophie (Fictitious character from King-Smith), Dick King-Smith, Alice Pleasance Liddell Hargreaves (1852-1934), Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain (1926-), Tia, Victoria Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901)
Time
20th century, 15/06/2020, 1950-, Yingguo

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November 16, 2022 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
February 18, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternatives names
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