by Dick King-Smith · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780582401471
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«The Sheep-Pig» is the children's novel by Dick King-Smith published by Penguin in paperback (48 pages, in English).
An orphaned piglet named Babe arrives at farmer Hogget's farm, having been won at a fair. There, Fly, the sheepdog, takes him in as one of her own, and Babe decides to learn from her to prove he can become a sheep-pig.
First installment of the Pig trilogy. This abridged edition, from the Penguin Joint Venture Readers series, was published in 1998; the original novel, in 1983.
Intended for English learners and young readers; includes vocabulary, comprehension and discussion exercises.
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.
