{"product_id":"the-sheep-pig","title":"The Sheep-pig by Dick King-Smith (Paperback)","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Sheep-pig\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Dick King-Smith's most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation, Babe, was released in 1995. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Why can't I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can't be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep-pig.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An unexpectedly thrilling, funny charmer of a book' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children' - \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e***\u003c\/i\u003eWinner of the Guardian Fiction Award***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the country of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. He wrote a great number of children's books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Sheep-Pig\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Guardian Award and filmed as Babe), \u003ci\u003eHarry's Mad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNoah's Brother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Queen's Nose\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMartin's Mice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Cuckoo Child\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarriet's Hare\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Children's Book Award in 1995). In 2009 he was made an OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight.","brand":"National Geographic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54101956788567,"sku":"9780141370217","price":7.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/4569\/5575\/files\/8504153482238.jpg?v=1784745808","url":"https:\/\/somiibooks.com\/products\/the-sheep-pig","provider":"Somiibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}