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Dick King-Smith

Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, Hon.MEd (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011), was a prolific English writer of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983), or Babe the Gallant Pig in the US. It was adapted as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours. Dick and Myrle had three children – two daughters (Juliet and Lizzie) and one son (Giles). Dick King-Smith's first book, The Foxbusters, was published in 1978.

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English writer of children's books (1922–2011)

Born 27 March 1922
Died 4 January 2011

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  • Cover of: The sheep-pig
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    Cover of edition sheeppig0000king_i7s0 Cover of edition sheeppig0000king_f0s0 Cover of edition sheeppig0000gran Cover of edition sheeppig0000king Cover of edition babe00dick Cover of edition babefilmstoryboo0000king Cover of edition babegallantpi00king Cover of edition babe00dick_0 Cover of edition blackberriesinda00juke First published in 1983 — 37 editions
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  • Cover of: Daggie Dogfoot.
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    Cover of edition daggiedogfoot0000king Cover of edition pigsmightflynove0000king_l3w8 Cover of edition pigsmightfly0000jean Cover of edition daggiedogfoot0000king_q1m9 Cover of edition daggiedogfoot0000king_a6s3 Cover of edition pigsmightflynove00king_0 First published in 1980 — 16 editions
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  • Cover of: Fox Busters
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    Cover of edition foxbusters0000king_o2q0 Cover of edition foxbusters00king_0 Cover of edition foxbusters0000king_l4b5 Cover of edition foxbusters00king Cover of edition foxbusters0000king First published in 1978 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Sophie's Tom
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    Cover of edition lechatdesophie0000king Cover of edition sophiestom0000king Cover of edition sophiestomsophie00dick Cover of edition sophiestom0000king_o6c9 Cover of edition sophiestom00king First published in 1991 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Queen's Nose
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    Cover of edition queensnose0000king_a7u1 Cover of edition queensnose00king Cover of edition queensnose00king Cover of edition queensnose0000king_s0m2 Cover of edition lenezdelareine0000king Cover of edition queensnose0000king_t4p6 Cover of edition queensnose0000king Cover of edition queensnose0000king_h8q1 First published in 1983 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: The invisible dog
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    Cover of edition invisibledog00kingrich Cover of edition invisibledog0000king_b7g3 Cover of edition invisibledog00king Cover of edition invisibledog0000king_d2f5 Cover of edition invisibledog0000king_q5m1 Cover of edition invisibledog0000king_u5p8 First published in 1993 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: All pigs are beautiful
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  • Cover of: The water horse
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    Cover of edition shenshuichuanqi0000dick Cover of edition waterhorse0000king Cover of edition isbn_9780517800270 Cover of edition waterhorse0000king_i3w1 First published in 1992 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: Sophie hits six
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  • Cover of: Sophie's snail
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  • Cover of: Ace, the very important pig
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    Cover of edition ace00dick First published in 1990 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Martin's mice
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    Cover of edition martinsmice0000king_n6h2 Cover of edition martinsmice0000king Cover of edition martinsmice00king Cover of edition martinsmice0000king_s9i0 First published in 1988 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Harry's Mad
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  • Cover of: Sophie's Lucky (Sophie Books)
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  • Cover of: The stray
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  • Cover of: The Schoolmouse
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  • Cover of: Sophie is seven.
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  • Cover of: The jenius
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  • Cover of: Magnus Powermouse
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    Cover of edition magnuspowermouse00king First published in 1982 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The cuckoo child
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    Cover of edition cuckoochild00king_1 Cover of edition cuckoochild00king_0 Cover of edition cuckoochild0000king First published in 1991 — 8 editions
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English writer of children's books (1922–2011)

Born 27 March 1922
Died 4 January 2011

Subjects

Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Fiction, Animals, Children's stories, English, Farm life, Pigs, fiction, Children's stories, Swine, Animals, fiction, Humorous stories, Pets, Pigs, Farm life, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Dogs, Dogs, fiction, Domestic animals, England, fiction, Girls, fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Mice, Mice, fiction, Cats, fiction, Juvenile literature

Places

England, Great Britain, Scotland, Angleterre, Home, Moon, Xian dai

People

Sophie (Fictitious character from King-Smith), Dick King-Smith, Alice Pleasance Liddell Hargreaves (1852-1934), Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain (1926-), Tia, Victoria Queen of Great Britain (1819-1901)

Time

20th century, 15/06/2020, 1950-, Yingguo

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November 16, 2022 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
February 18, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternatives names
February 18, 2022 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
February 11, 2022 Edited by dcapillae remove wrong alternatives names
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import