by Dick King-Smith · Puffin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141302591
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«The Sheep-Pig» is the children's novel by Dick King-Smith, published by Puffin in paperback (128 pages, in English).
The piglet Babe arrives at Hogget Farm and is adopted by the sheepdog Fly. Babe wins the trust of the sheep with his kindness and discovers an unexpected talent for herding. Farmer Hogget enters Babe in the Grand Sheepdog Trials.
Novel originally published in 1983, winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and first instalment of the Pig trilogy. This edition is linked to the 1995 movie Babe.
Recommended for child readers aged 8 and up, especially those who enjoy animal stories set on a farm.
Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, was an English writer of children's books. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983), which 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.
