New Releases by Dick King-Smith

Roly, poly, pudgy bellies. Little wagging tails. Funny, bumbling puppies are among life''s most wonderful friends. King-Smith, who introduced young readers to the delights of pigs in "All Pigs Are Beautiful, " and to the joys of guinea pigs in "I Love Guinea Pigs" now praises the pleasures of puppies in this new book. Full color.

When Farmer Hogget wins a piglet at the local fair, Mrs Hogget thinks of fattening it up for the freezer. But the old sheepdog, Fly, takes him under her wing and starts to train him up as a sheep-pig, whose methods of getting the sheep to do what he wants are rather unconventional.

Mrs Barleylove is horrified to discover that her latest litter contains a dag - a weakling of a piglet with strangely misshapen feet. But after his miraculous escape from an early and ignominious death at the hands of the pigman, the dag assumes a unique and favoured position in the sties.

Rural life both past and present has never been depicted with such perfectly matched pictures and words.

Describes the habits and behavior of guinea pigs.

Peter is a spotty piglet who doesn''t like his spots

Lorsque Harry vit pour la première fois Madison, il fit la grimace ! Pourquoi son oncle d''Amérique, l''oncle Georges, lui avait-il donc légué un perroquet africain, âgé de quarante ans et muet ? Harry eut la réponse à cette question quand Madison commença à l''aider à faire ses devoirs, confia à sa mère le secret de succulents gâteaux et fit faire à son père de formidables progrès aux mots croisés... Car Madison était loin d''être muet !

From the author of Babe: The Gallant Pig, a tender tale of a young student and her clever pet.

Mr. Potter''s boring life changes considerably after buying an unusual mynah bird.

When seventy-five-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from the old people''s home, she meets five children and their parents who welcome her into their family.

When a mysterious bird arrives in Godhanger Wood to protect the frightened animals from the cruel gamekeeper, this Christ-figure deliberately sacrifices himself to save them from death.

Flora, the world''s most educated mouse, saves her family during a crisis.

A community of chickens continually preyed on by hungry foxes is saved by the birth of three wonder chicks, who grow into magnificent flying machines and lead a climatic barnyard battle.

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

A young girl''s life with her father on their farm in England is changed when she befriends a talking hare that is really a shape-changing alien.

Babe the pig is befriended by the farmer''s dog, who teaches Babe how to herd sheep.

When she is not allowed to have a pet parrot, Aligail teaches a barnyard hen to talk.

Five-year-old Sophie is a very determined individual. That single-minded determination convinces her parents to let her keep a stray cat and comes in handy when dealing with her first experiences at school. The award-winning author of Sophie''s Snail has written a delightful first chapter book ideal for reading aloud or alone.

Events conspire to turn Janie''s imaginary harlequin Great Dane into a real dog. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Nine-year-old Ned faces a lot of teasing when he decides to keep a Victorian doll that speaks only to him.

A poetic look at animals through the alphabet, from the anaconda to the zambra.

A story which follows the demise of a colony of dodos after the arrival of man, and of one small group of birds who made their escape and set up a new colony on a nearby island. King-Smith''s previous titles include Daggie Dogfoot and The Sheep-Pig, winner of the Guardian Award.

Laura is amazed when her baby brother George starts talking to her when he''s only four weeks old, particularly as he sounds like a grown-up! It''s a big secret to keep from their parents and the rest of the family and leads to all sorts of comic confusion until George''s first birthday - when he makes a speech to his startled family.

Harry isn''t very pleased when he inherits a parrot from Great-Uncle George, but Maddison is no ordinary parrot. Not only can he talk, but you can have conversations with him and he and Harry quickly become great friends - but then Maddison is stolen ... Will he and Harry ever be reunited?

Having been coached in swimming by a duck and an otter, a runt piglet with deformed front feet becomes a hero when their farm is flooded.