New Releases by Dick King-Smith

A wealthy old man living alone in his enormous home meets a Gypsy father and son, adopts many animals, and finally learns the true meaning of family.

A strategy-filled guidebook for including students with autism in both primary and secondary school classrooms. Containing first-person accounts that give readers insight into the experience of having autism, this book shows educators how to adapt their own classrooms to support student participation in classwork, school routines and activities. The author combines relevant research with lessons learned from her teaching experience to give readers specific creative ideas.

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.

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 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.

Further adventures with Sophie, a very determined five year old, as she makes a new friend, finds homes for four kittens, and celebrates her sixth birthday. Suggested level: primary.

Long ago, in the cold lands of the North, there lived a troll named Ulf, who had a very bad habit - he liked to eat fingers Many many men, women and children had found their hands a finger short thanks to the razor-sharp teeth of the Finger-eater. And who knows how many more might have suffered the same fate if it hadn''t been for the actions of a resolute girl called Gudrun

A dag--a runt pig with misshapen feet--becomes, with the help of Felicity Duck and Isaak the Otter, the world''s first swimming and flying pig.

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