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.The Water Horse

by: Dick King-Smith

January 03, 2008
Dick King Smith has a reputation for good books about animals, and although the Water Horse is a fantastical creature, the story is richly realistic in tone. In this well written short paperback for confident readers, this is the story of the Loch Ness monster from its hatching fom a giant Mermaid's purse and through it's early life with two children and Grandad Grumble. They care for the friendly little monster as it grows from a kitten-sized creature with a face resembling a horse into a considerably bigger beastie which needs a secret midnight transfer to an appropriate loch.
It is a simple story yet both exciting and moving enough to engage and enthrall 5-9s, with a couple of dozen black and white illustrations to spark their imaginations. ... Read More:
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.The Puffin Book of Five-minute Stories

by: Perrault, Margaret Mahy, Allan Ahlberg, Dick King-Smith, Adele Geras, Vivian French, et al

September 24, 1998
I bought this book for my two boys who are six and seven years old, it looked great to me. Unfortunately after reading a few of the stories my boys said the book was just plain boring! Maybe it would be better suited for girls??? there are so many lovely books out there and I liked the idea of having lots of different stories all in one book, but it didn't work this time !!!
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.The Hodgeheg (A young Puffin story book)

by: Dick King-Smith

February 06, 2003
Max is a hedgehog, he wants to go to the park but to do that he has to cross the road safely. One problem, the traffic is terrible! He sees humans cross over safe and sound so why can't hedgehogs? He tries lots of things and one time he does get badly hurt on his head and his bottom, which makes him talk strangely. He says things like "Something bot me on the hittom" or "Hip! Hip! Roohay!" Finally, Max finds a solution after a long time so he and his family can go to the park unharmed.
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.The Sheep-pig (A young Puffin story book)

by: Dick King-Smith

February 06, 2003
This story is called The Sheep-Pig by dick king-smith. The main characters are: Babe the pig, Fly the sheep dog, Mr hogget the farmer, Mrs Hogget and Ma the old sick sheep.

It is set on farmer Hogget's farm. His farm is big with fields and in one of the fields is a flock of sheep.

The sheep- pig is about a kind man called Mr hogget who took babe the orphaned pig back to his house from the funfair. When Babe came home with the farmer, Fly the sheep dog looked after him as her child. Soon babe wanted to be like his foster mother. In the mean time, ma the old sick sheep helped babe to be friendly with the sheep flock. Farmer hogget thought babe could be talented as a sheep- pig.

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.The Invisible Dog (A young Puffin story book)

by: Dick King-Smith

February 06, 2003
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Janie used to have a dog called Rupert but he died of kidney failure when she was only two years old. Janie has an imaginary dog called Henry and he is a Great Dane - just like Rupert!

About the author:
Dick King Smith is a famous children's author who writes mainly terrific tales about animals. He is the creator of Babe the Gallant pig, which has been turned into a movie, Dick King Smith lives on a farm in Gloucestershire and has been writing since 1978. When I am older I will do a PHD on him, hopefully, because he is one of my favourite authors.

Books written by Dick King Smith and reviewed by me:
The Hodgeheg
Happy Mouseday
Back to Front Benjy
Just Binnie
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.Sophie's Adventures: "Sophie's Snail" , "Sophie's Tom" , "Sophie Hits Six" (Sophie)

by: Dick King-Smith

January 02, 2006
My 5 year old daughter thought the Sofie stories were really good and we, as adults, enjoyed reading them to her. Sophie is like a real little girl - not too PC - and my daughter could really identify with her.

We also have the story tapes which are good.
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.The Guard Dog

by: Dick King-Smith

February 02, 2006
The Guard Dog is written by famous award winning Dick King Smith. He wrote Babe, the Gallant Pig which won an award and was turned into a famous film which is really good. It is about a little dog without a home and with a squeaky, whiney, very annoying sound; when he does get one, he is sent to a Dogs Home, because of his horrible voice, where he can only stay for fourteen days; he does live happily ever after. I would rate this book 7/10 and I would recommend it to 6 - 8 year olds who like animals and happy endings for pets.

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.Sophie's Further Adventures: "Sophie in the Saddle" , "Sophie Is Seven" , "Sophie's Lucky" (Sophie)

by: Dick King-Smith

January 02, 2006
The main character is Sophie who lives in a house with a farm. She likes animals and was born on December. Sophie taught puddle her dog how to be good and respond to his name. My favourite part was when Sophie entered a horse riding competition. I disliked it when Sophie smelt like pig because it sounds disgusting.

I would recommend this book to the children aged 8-10 because it could make them be a farmer like Sophie when they grow up.
By Elouiza
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.Sophie's Snail: Complete and Unabridged (Cover to Cover)

by: Dick King-Smith

August 06, 2001
When I bought 'Sophie's Snail' I did not know what to expect from the title. It turned out to be a most entertaining story of a determined 6-year-old and her twin-brothers. In the whole series of 6 stories the children grow older, change, have fun and the reader meets the old friends and enimies in every new part. My son and I couldn't wait to find out how Sophie's life went on and were very sad when we came to the end of part 6. We are still hoping for a follow-up!
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.A Mouse Called Wolf

by: Dick King-Smith

April 02, 1998
We loved this book. The mouse is called Wolf because his mum found a sheet from a piano book by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Wolf, the mouse, listened to the owner of the house playing lots of piano music and soon learnt himself, taught by the lady of the house. We thought this book was great fun. by Luke Webb Age 9 of Stoke Sub Hamdon.
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