Dick King-Smith
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Dick King-Smith | |
Birth name | Dick King-Smith |
Born | March 22, 1922 (age 85) England |
Dick King-Smith (born 27 March 1922, MarchBitton, Gloucestershire, England, UK) is a prolific English children's author, best known for writing The Sheep-Pig, republished as Babe the Gallant Pig, upon which the movie Babe was based. He was a farmer for 20 years before he became a teacher and author.
[edit] Books
- Henry Pond the ince (1986)
- Pets for Keeps (1986)
- Noah's Brother (1986)
- E. S. P.: Eric Stanley Pigeon (1986)
- Yob (1986)
- Dumpling (1986)
- The Hodgeheg (1987)
- Tumbleweed (1987)
- Farmer Bungle Forgets (1987)
- Friends and Brothers (1987)
- Cuckoobush Farm (1987)
- Babe, The Gallant Pig (1988)
- George Speaks (1988)
- Mouse Butcher (1988)
- Emily's Legs (1988)
- Water Watch (1988)
- Dodo Comes to Tumbledown Farm (1988)
- Tumbledown Farm - The Greatest (1988)
- The Jenius (1988)
- Sophie
- Sophie's Snail (1988)
- Sophie Hits Six (1991)
- Sophie's Tom (1991)
- Sophie in the Saddle (1993)
- Sophie Is Seven (1994)
- Sophie's Lucky (1995)
- Alice And Flower And Foxianna (1989)
- Beware of the Bull (1989)
- The Toby Man (1989)
- Dodos Are Forever (1989)
- The Trouble with Edward (1989)
- Jungle Jingles (1990)
- Ace: The Very Important Pig (1990)
- Blessu (1990)
- Paddy's Pot of God (1990)
- Alphabeasts (1990)
- The Water Horse (1990)
- The Whistling Piglet (1990)
- The Jolly Witch
- The Jolly Witch (1990)
- Mrs. Jollipop (1996)
- Mrs. Jolly's Brolly (1998)
- The Cuckoo Child (1991)
- The Guard Dog (1991)
- Martin's Mice (1991)
- Lightning Strikes Twice (1991)
- Caruso's Cool Cats (1991)
- Dick King-Smith's Triffic Pig Book (1991)
- Find the White Horse (1991)
- Horace and Maurice (1991)
- Lady Daisy (1992)
- Pretty Polly (1992)
- Dick King-Smith's Water Watch (1992)
- The Finger Eater (1992)
- The Ghost At Codlin Castle And Other Stories (1992)
- Super Terrific Pigs (1992)
- The Invisible Dog (1993)
- All Pigs Are Beautiful (1993)
- The Merrythought (1993)
- The Swoose (1993)
- Uncle Bumpo (1993)
- Dragon Boy (1993)
- Horse Pie (1993)
- Harry's Mad (1993)
- Connie and Rollo (1994)
- The Schoolmouse (1994)
- Triffic: A Rare Pig's Tale (1994)
- Mr. Potter's Pet (1994)
- Harriet's Hare (1994)
- The Excitement of Being Ernest (1994)
- I Love Guinea Pigs (1994)
- Three Terrible Trins (1994)
- Happy Mouseday (1994)
- Bobby the Bad (1994)
- The Clockwork Mouse (1995)
- King Max (1995)
- Omnibombulator (1995)
- The Terrible Trins (1995)
- Warlock Watson (1995)
- All Because of Jackson (1995)
- The Stray (1996)
- Clever Duck (1996)
- Dirty Gertie Macintosh (1996)
- Smasher (1996)
- Godhanger (1996)
- King Max the Last (1996)
- Winter Wonderland (1996)
- Treasure Trove (1996)
- Mixed-up Max (1997)
- What Sadie Saw (1997)
- The Spotty Pig (1997)
- A Mouse Called Wolf (1997)
- Robin Hood And His Miserable Men (1997)
- Thinderella (1997)
- Puppy Love (1997)
- The Merman (1997)
- Round About 5 (1997)
- Mr Ape (1998)
- How Green Was My Mouse (1998)
- The Big Pig Book (1998)
- Creepy Creatures Bag (1998)
- The Robber Boy (1998)
- Pig in the City (1998)
- Charlie Muffin's Miracle Mouse (1999)
- The Witch of Blackberry Bottom (1999)
- Babe's La-La-bye (1999)
- The Crowstarver (1999)
- Dinosaur School (1999)
- Poppet (1999)
- The Roundhill (2000)
- Spider Sparrow (2000)
- Just in Time (2000)
- The Magic Carpet Slippers (2000)
- Julius Caesar's Goat (2000)
- Mysterious Miss Slade (2000)
- Billy the Bird (2000)
- Lady Lollipop (2000)
- Back to Front Benjy (2001)
- The Great Sloth Race (2001)
- Fat Lawrence (2001)
- Funny Frank (2001)
- Titus Rules! (2002)
- Billy the Bird / All Because of Jackson (2002)
- Story Box (2002)
- The Golden Goose (2003)
- Traffic (2003)
- Clever Lollipop (2003)
- The Adventurous Snail (2003)
- The Nine Lives of Aristotle (2003)
- Aristotle (2003)
- Just Binnie (2004)
- The Catlady (2004)
- Under the Mishmash Trees (2005)
- Hairy Hezekiah (2005)
- Dinosaur Trouble (2005)
- Nosy (2005)
[edit] Other Books
- The Waterhorse (2007) (post-production) (novel)
- Babe: Pig in the City (1998) (characters)
- Babe (1995) (novel The Sheep Pig)
... aka Babe, the Gallant Pig
- The Queen's Nose (TV Series) (1995) TV Series (novel)