Most Popular Books by Dick King-smith

Magnus was a large mouse, a fearless mouse, a real powermouse. Fattened on patent Porker Pills. he just grows and grows - and so do his problems.

"The hedgehog family of number 5A are a happy bunch but they dream of reaching the Park. Unfortunately, a very busy road lies between them and their goal and no one has found a way to cross it in safety. No one, that is, until the determined young Max decides to solve the problem once and for all."--Back cover.

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

When Mrs. Buzzard wants to get rid of the big, ugly dog that creates a lot of trouble, Farmer Buzzard decides on a plan to save this lovable monster from banishment.

Archibald Peregrine Edmund Spring-Russell ("Ape," for short) is thrilled to be living alone for the first time in his life. Now he can finally fill his fifteen-bedroom house exactly as he pleases -- with twelve big brown hens! But Ape doesn't stop there. Soon there are guinea pigs in the dining room, canaries in the music room, and a talking parrot in the kitchen. Lucky for Ape, he has friends like Joe and Jake -- two Gypsies whose caravan is parked nearby -- to lend a helping hand. But when an accident leaves his mansion in ruins, Ape will have to decide what's truly important... his old house or his new friends.

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.

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.

"This accessible chapter book tells the story of Charlie Muffin, a quiet man who works as a taxidermist and mouse breeder. When he tells his friend Merry that it would be impossible to breed a green mouse, she challenges him to try, implying that she'll marry him if he can do it. Charlie tries, succeeds, and marries Merry. Together they care for the famous green mouse, Adam Muffin, and raise a daughter, Cherry Muffin. . . . This offbeat, gently humorous story flows along happily and promises to carry young readers along with it. Another appealing book from the author of "Babe: The Gallant Pig and many other animal stories." --"Booklist

Mary, her cat Lilyleaf, and her guinea pig Mr. Keylock are astounded to discover that Mary's little brother Billy can fly whenever the moon is full.

Emily was like her 99 brothers and sisters, until she won all the eight-legged races at spider sports. People grew suspicious and counted her legs. She had 10 But there's something special about Emily's legs that will change her life for ever.

Depuis des années que Laura espère un petit frère ou une soeur. Voilà que Georges naît. Les adultes le trouvent merveilleux, elle, décevant jusqu'à ce qu'il lui réponde. Georges n'est pas un bébé ordinaire. Il est génial, il parle couramment. De ce fait découle une suite de situations drôles.

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.

Follows the humorous adventures of four-year-old Sophie as she pursues her dream of becoming a farmer.

Would-be farmer Sophie returns in her newest adventure in which she and her family visit a real farm on vacation and Sophie decides to learn horseback riding.

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