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Babe the gallant pig

A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a special secret to success.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	King-Smith, Dick
Other Authors:	Rayner, Mary (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : A.A. Knopf, 1997, c1983.
Edition:	1st Knopf paperback ed.
Subjects:	Pigs > Juvenile fiction. Domestic animals > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	A piglet destined for eventual butchering arrives at the farmyard, is adopted by an old sheep dog, and discovers a special secret to success.
Item Description:	Originally published in Great Britain in 1983 under title: The sheep-pig. "A Bullseye book"--P. [4] of cover.
Physical Description:	118 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
ISBN:	0679873937 : PAP
Author Notes:	Dick King-Smith was born on March 27, 1922 in Bitten, Gloucestershire, England. Before becoming a full-time author, he was a farmer and a schoolteacher. He served in the Grenadier Guards during World War II and attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire. He has written over 100 children's books including The Fox Busters, The Hodgeheg, and The Sheep Pig (aka Babe-The Gallant Pig), which was adapted as the 1995 film Babe. The 1995 TV miniseries The Queen's Nose was also based in one of his books. He was voted Children's Author of the Year at the 1991 British Book Awards. He died on January 4, 2011 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography)