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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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  • Cover of: Sheep-Pig, The.

    First published in 1983 37 editions in 3 languages — 12 previewable Cover of edition sheeppig0000gran Cover of edition sheeppig0000king_f0s0 Cover of edition sheeppigandace0000king Cover of edition sheeppig00king Cover of edition sheeppig0000king_i7s0 Cover of edition sheeppig0000king_d2v1 Cover of edition babegallantpi00king Cover of edition babe00dick Cover of edition babefilmstoryboo0000king
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  • Cover of: Babe the Gallant Pig

    First published in 1987 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The invisible dog

    First published in 1993 13 editions in 1 language — 7 previewable Cover of edition invisibledog0000king Cover of edition invisibledog00kingrich Cover of edition invisibledog0000king_d2f5 Cover of edition invisibledog0000king_b7g3 Cover of edition invisibledog0000king_q5m1 Cover of edition invisibledog0000king_u5p8
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    First published in 1989 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition hodgeheg00king
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  • Cover of: A Mouse Called Wolf

    First published in 1997 6 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition mousecalledwolf00king Cover of edition mousecalledwolf00king_0 Cover of edition mousecalledwolf0000king_z9q9 Cover of edition mousecalledwolf0000king_l3d6
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  • Cover of: Harry's mad

    First published in 1984 10 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition harrysmad0000king Cover of edition harrysmad00king_0 Cover of edition harrysmad00dick
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    First published in 1988 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition georgespeaks00king
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  • Cover of: The queen's nose

    First published in 1983 13 editions in 2 languages — 9 previewable Cover of edition queensnose00king Cover of edition queensnose0000king_s0m2 Cover of edition queensnose0000king_a7u1 Cover of edition queensnose0000king Cover of edition queensnose0000king_t4p6 Cover of edition queensnose0000king_h8q1 Cover of edition lenezdelareine0000king Cover of edition queensnose0000king_o9c5
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  • Cover of: Martin's mice

    First published in 1988 11 editions in 2 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition martinsmice0000king_n6h2 Cover of edition isbn_9780440403807 Cover of edition martinsmice00king Cover of edition martinsmice0000king_s9i0
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  • Cover of: The water horse

    First published in 1992 12 editions in 3 languages — 5 previewable Cover of edition shenshuichuanqi0000dick Cover of edition waterhorse0000king_i3w1 Cover of edition waterhorse0000king Cover of edition isbn_9780517800270
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  • Cover of: Sophie's Lucky (Sophie Books)

    First published in 1995 10 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition sophieslucky0000king_u3n6 Cover of edition sophieslucky0000king Cover of edition sophieslucky0000king_f5b4 Cover of edition sophieslucky00king
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  • Cover of: Sophie's snail

    First published in 1988 12 editions in 2 languages — 8 previewable Cover of edition sophiessnail00king Cover of edition sophiessnail0000king_o8o8 Cover of edition sophiessnail0000king Cover of edition sophiessnail0000king_k8g7 Cover of edition sophiessnail0000king_z3v5 Cover of edition sophiessnail0000king_j8n4 Cover of edition lescargotdesophi0000king
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  • Cover of: Funny Frank

    First published in 2001 8 editions in 1 language — 6 previewable Cover of edition funnyfrank0000king_h5e9 Cover of edition funnyfrank0000king_g0l4 Cover of edition isbn_9780375914607 Cover of edition funnyfrank00king_0 Cover of edition funnyfrank00king
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  • Cover of: The stray

    First published in 1996 10 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition stray0000king_c7x9 Cover of edition stray00king Cover of edition isbn_0439046769
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  • Cover of: Dinosaur trouble

    First published in 2005 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition dinosaurtrouble0000king Cover of edition dinosaurtrouble00king
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  • Cover of: Sophie's Tom

    First published in 1991 13 editions in 3 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition sophiestomsophie00dick Cover of edition sophiestom0000king Cover of edition lechatdesophie0000king Cover of edition sophiestom0000king_m3x0 Cover of edition sophiestom0000king_o6c9
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  • Cover of: Lady Lollipop

    First published in 2000 6 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition ladylollipop00king Cover of edition ladylollipop00king_0 Cover of edition isbn_9780763621810
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  • Cover of: Fox Busters

    First published in 1978 13 editions in 3 languages — 6 previewable Cover of edition foxbusters0000king_l4b5 Cover of edition foxbusters0000king Cover of edition foxbusters0000king_o2q0 Cover of edition foxbusters00king Cover of edition foxbusters00king_0
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  • Cover of: School Mouse

    First published in 1994 9 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition schoolmouse00scho Cover of edition schoolmouse00king Cover of edition schoolmouse0000king Cover of edition schoolmouse0000king_x8o1
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  • Cover of: The Catlady

    First published in 2004 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition catlady0000king_v2u7
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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
February 18, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
February 11, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternatives names
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import