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Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011) was an English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983). It was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages.
Dick King-Smith was a soldier, a farmer, a family man, a primary school teacher and most memorably to his millions of fans, a best-selling children's author.
Dick King-Smith is the author of over a hundred much-loved children’s books.
- Babe : The Gallant Pig Dick King-Smith.
- The Water Horse Dick King-Smith, David Parkins (Illustrator)
- A Mouse Called Wolf Dick King-Smith, Jon Goodell (Illustrator)
- The Hodgeheg Dick King-Smith.
Jan 5, 2011 · Best-selling children's author Dick King-Smith has died at the age of 88, his agent has confirmed. The writer, whose 1983 book The Sheep-Pig inspired hit 1995 film Babe, died in his sleep on...
Dick was born Ronald Gordon King-Smith in Bitton, Gloucestershire, on 27th March 1922, the first child of Grace and Ronald King-Smith, and was known as Gordon. He got his nickname of Dick as a small child when he fell over and hurt himself while out walking with his nanny.
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Jun 22, 2021 · An unfinished manuscript by the late children’s author Dick King-Smith that was discovered in his daughter’s loft will be published next year, after it was completed by his great-granddaughter.
