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Best known for his best-selling novel, Babe, which was made into a major motion picture, Dick King-Smith draws on his over 14 years of experience on Woodlands Farm to create this thoughtful and humorous memoir. His time on the farm inspired countless stories as well as the numerous lovable...

When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog....

Mary's little brother Billy seems perfectly normal, until one moonlit evening Mary finds him floating above his bed....

From master storyteller Dick King-Smith, this is the hilarious story of a family turned upside-down by an unusually gifted (and demanding) infant....

Hezekiah is a very hairy camel. He lives a quiet life in his enclosure at the zoo and seems to be the only animal without a friend....

Snail on board! Siegfried loves to explore. One day his explorations take him on a big adventure....

All pterodactyls know that flying dinosaurs are superior, and all apatosauruses know that any dinosaur with only two legs is surely second-class....

Harry Holdsworth had never heard of his Great-Uncle George until he inherited the old man’s most cherished possession....

If only that horrible cat didn't live here!....

When Teresa Tamworth gives birth to only one female piglet in her litter, it causes a sensation among the animals at the Rare Breeds Survival Centre....

Muriel, the Catlady, lives alone with just her feline friends for company. When a new kitten is born, it soon becomes clear it is no ordinary cat....

Charlie Muffin breeds mice of every imaginable colour – except green, of course....

Fitzherbert, the son of a goose and a swan....

Sir Tumbleweed is an unlikely knight – afraid of horses, jousting and dragons....

There are six puppies in the pet shop window; five posh pedigree puppies, and a scruffy little mongrel with a grand ambition – to be a guard dog....

Ace is befriended by the farmyard animals. Together they help Ace to find his place in the farmhouse....

It's not easy having a younger brother, William finds. Especially one like Charlie who shows off....

Farmer Skint and his family have fallen on hard times at Woebegone Farm until their goose lays a golden egg....

When Ned helps his grandmother clear out her attic, he finds a very unusual Victorian doll - she speaks!....

Frank is a funny chick. Unlike all his brothers and sisters, he wants to dabble about in the lovely duck pond, splashing himself with water. Most of all, he wants to learn to swim....