Dick King-Smith
AUTHOR

Dick King-Smith

Tap the gear icon above to manage new release emails.
Born in Gloucestershire in 1922, Dick King-Smith grew up surrounded by pets and knew from a young age that he wanted to be a farmer. He served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, spent twenty years as a farmer, and then had a further career as a primary-school teacher. But he found greatest success and satisfaction in later life as a children’s author. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences, the children he taught, his large family and numerous pets. He wrote around 130 children's books, which have been translated into many languages, won many awards and sold over 15 million copies worldwide. They include The Sheep-Pig, which won the Guardian Award and was filmed as the hugely successful and beloved Babe, as well as The Hodgeheg, The Queen's Nose, The Fox Busters, the Sophie stories, Daggie Dogfoot (Pigs Might Fly) and many more. Dick's story The Water Horse was also turned into a major Hollywood film, and The TV series' The Queen's Nose and Harry's Mad were very popular. Dick even presented and starred in several television shows during the '80's and '90's with his Dachshund sidekick Dodo. In 2010 he was made OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight. Dick’s legacy and love of animals continues today with the family-run and incredibly popular Twitter channel @DickKingSmith You can learn more about Dick's stories and his interesting life here - www.dickkingsmith.com
Read more Read less
Not an Audible member?
From £7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Start your free 30-day trial

The Sheep-Pig

Most popular
View Details

Best Sellers

Product list
  • Sophie in the Saddle cover art

    £6.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • The Sheep-Pig cover art

    £13.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Dinosaur Trouble cover art

    £9.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Sophie is Seven cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • The Water Horse cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Sophie's Lucky cover art

    £9.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Sophie Hits Six cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Sophie's Tom cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Ace cover art

    • Ace

    • The Very Important Pig
    • By: Dick King-Smith
    • Narrated by: Nigel Lambert
    • Length: 2 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 26-11-08
    • Language: English
    • 10 ratings

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Saddlebottom cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • The Fox Busters cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Martin's Mice cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Find the White Horse cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Harry's Mad cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Babe, The Sheep-Pig cover art

    £6.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • The Queen's Nose cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • George Speaks cover art

    £6.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Sophie's Snail cover art

    £6.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • The Schoolmouse cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00
  • Magnus Powermouse cover art

    £7.99 or free with trial. Auto-renews at £8.99/month after trial. See eligibility.

    Try for £0.00

Are you an author?

Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography.
Visit Amazon Author Central