The Sheep-Pig

The Sheep-Pig

Dick King-Smith

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1983

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The Sheep-Pig is also known as Babe the Gallant Pig. This book was adapted into a film in 1995 (IMDB link).

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

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Dick King-Smith

Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (born 1922), better known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, is a prolific English children's author, best known for writing The Sheep-Pig, retitled in the US as Babe the Gallant Pig, upon which the movie Babe was based. He was a soldier in World War II and a farmer for 20 years before he…

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