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Clever duck

When the pigs start picking on all the other farm animals, Damaris, who is a very clever duck, and her best friend, Rory the sheepdog, find a way to exact revenge, only to find their plot backfiring.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	King-Smith, Dick
Other Authors:	Bruel, Nick (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2008.
Edition:	1st American ed.
Subjects:	Ducks > Juvenile fiction. Farm animals > Juvenile fiction. Farms > Juvenile fiction. Revenge > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	When the pigs start picking on all the other farm animals, Damaris, who is a very clever duck, and her best friend, Rory the sheepdog, find a way to exact revenge, only to find their plot backfiring.
Item Description:	Originally published: London : Viking, 1996.
Physical Description:	85 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Audience:	007-010.
ISBN:	9781596433274 1596433272
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)