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Website. dickkingsmith.com. Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011) [1] 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. [2]
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.
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 King-Smith has 307 books on Goodreads with 80813 ratings. Dick King-Smith’s most popular book is Babe : The Gallant Pig.
Jan 8, 2011 · LONDON (AP) Dick King-Smith, whose children’s novel “The Sheep-Pig” inspired the hit 1995 movie “Babe,” died Tuesday at his home near Bath. He was 88. His publisher, Random House Children’s...
(1922–2011)Best‐selling British author of animal stories. Born in Bitton, Gloucestershire, he was a soldier, farmer, and teacher before becoming an author. His stories combine realism with anthropomorphism (his animals ...
In celebration of Dick King-Smith’s centenary, we have an exciting, NEW, never-before-seen story that was recently discovered in Dick’s daughter’s attic. This funny and poignant animal tale was unfinished and forgotten about, but has now been completed by Dick’s great granddaughter, Josie Rogers.
Author: Dick King-Smith Publisher: Young Corgi Interest age: 6-10 Reading age: 8+ An anthology of five charming and humorous animal stories from much-loved author Dick King-Smith, accompanied with characterful drawings from a variety of illustrators.
Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the county of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences.
