King-Smith, Dick

Overview

Works:	760 works in 2,678 publications in 10 languages and 111,846 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Juvenile works Drama Anecdotes Biography Film adaptations History Pictorial works Computer games Software
Subject Headings:	Authors, English
Roles:	Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, Conceptor, Other
Classifications:	PZ7.K5893, [FIC]

Publication Timeline

1930 |

|2020

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Publications about Dick King-Smith

Publications by Dick King-Smith

Publications by Dick King-Smith, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Dick King-Smith

Babe by Dick King-Smith ( Visual )
Puppy love by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
Chewing the cud by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
Dick King-Smith's animal friends : thirty-one true life stories by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
Dick King-Smith by Chris Powling ( Book )

Chewing the cud an unexpected life from farmyard to hollywood by Dick King-Smith ( Recording )
All about Dick King-Smith by Victoria Parker ( Book )
Lady Lollipop : a play for children by David Wood ( Book )
Babe family double feature ( Visual )
The water horse legend of the deep by Jay Russell ( Visual )
Dick King-Smith by Keith Barker ( Book )
Family favorite treasures 3-movie collection ( Visual )
Puppy love by Dick King-Smith ( Recording )
Dick King-Smith ( Visual )
Dick King-Smith's animal friends by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
Ronald Gordon (Dick) King-Smith : (1922-) ( )
The cat in the hat ; Babe ; Beethoven ( Visual )
Dick King-Smith by Victoria Parker ( Book )
Dick King-Smith's Lady Lollipop : a play for children by David Wood ( Book )
Chewing the cud an extraordinary life remembered by the author of Babe, the gallant pig by Dick King-Smith ( Recording )

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Most widely held works by Dick King-Smith

Babe : the gallant pig by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
38 editions published between 1983 and 2009 in English and held by 4,289 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A piglet comes to Farmer Hogget's farm, where he is adopted by an old sheepdog and accomplishes amazing things

The golden goose by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
11 editions published between 2003 and 2013 in English and Chinese and held by 3,541 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Farmer Skint and his family on Woebegone Farm have fallen on hard times, but their luck changes with the arrival of a special golden goose

The catlady by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
13 editions published between 2004 and 2013 in English and held by 3,197 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Muriel Ponsonby, the Catlady, lives with dozens of cats, many of whom she believes are reincarnated friends, relatives, and even royalty

Martin's mice by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
26 editions published between 1988 and 2004 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A farm cat who doesn't want to catch mice keeps a family of them as pets in the barn; but then he is given away to a townswoman and acquires a new perspective

Harry's Mad by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
53 editions published between 1984 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 2,415 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harry's legacy from his great-uncle, a talking parrot, proves to be a much more exciting gift than he ever imagined

Lady Lollipop by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
32 editions published between 2000 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 2,298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A quick-witted swineherd and a pig named Lollipop are royally rewarded after they reform a spoiled princess

Pigs might fly : a novel by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
22 editions published between 1980 and 1990 in English and held by 2,096 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A runt piglet born with deformed front feet is coached in swimming by a duck and an otter and, when the pig farm is flooded, becomes a hero

The water horse by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
29 editions published between 1990 and 2008 in English and Korean and held by 2,076 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In 1930, on the coast of Scotland, eight-year-old Kirstie finds a large egg which hatches into an unusual sea creature, and as he grows her family must decide what to do with him

All pigs are beautiful by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
21 editions published between 1993 and 2012 in English and French and held by 1,987 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An introduction, in brief text and illustrations, to the characteristics and habits of pigs

The school mouse by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
12 editions published between 1995 and 2009 in English and held by 1,975 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Flora, the world's most educated mouse, saves her family during a crisis

Ace, the very important pig by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
18 editions published between 1990 and 2002 in English and held by 1,943 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Farmer Tubbs' amazing pig, Ace of Clubs, eventually winds up on television for his cleverness. The great-grandson of Babe: The Gallant Pig (1983, 1985), Ace understands human speech and becomes famous after he appears on a television show. Recommended

Three terrible trins by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
13 editions published between 1993 and 2000 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,872 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Three mice brothers, ignoring the class system separating the four clans of rodents in their farmhouse, befriend a lower class mouse and form a team to fight cats

A mouse called Wolf by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
15 editions published between 1997 and 2005 in English and held by 1,834 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A mouse with an unusual name shares his musical gift with a widowed concert pianist

Funny Frank by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
17 editions published between 2001 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,800 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true

The fox busters by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
25 editions published between 1978 and 2003 in English and held by 1,702 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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 climactic barnyard battle

Harriet's hare by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
17 editions published between 1994 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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

I love guinea pigs by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
20 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,635 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Describes the habits and behavior of guinea pigs

The invisible dog by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
28 editions published between 1993 and 2010 in English and held by 1,525 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Events conspire to turn Janie's imaginary harlequin Great Dane into a real dog

Clever lollipop by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
8 editions published between 2003 and 2012 in English and held by 1,421 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Lady Lollipop, the clever pet pig of Princess Penelope and her friend Johnny, joins them in their lessons with a magician, cares for the queen's garden, helps restore the king's appetite, and has a surprise present for Penelope's birthday

The cuckoo child by Dick King-Smith ( Book )
7 editions published between 1991 and 1999 in English and held by 1,369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
With the unknowing help of his pet geese, eight-year-old Jack Daw decides to raise an ostrich on his father's farm

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