Dick King-Smith Knihy

Unlike most kittens, Martin doesn't like eating mice - let alone catching them. When he catches one by mistake he decides to keep it as a pet and soon Drusilla the mouse is established in an old bath tub in the attic. Martin is kept busy getting food, water, bedding - and then Drusilla's babies start to arrive. How can Martin cope with all his mice? From the number one author of animal magic comes this wonderful new edition of Martin's Mice.

When babe, the 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.

Oblíbená legenda o lochneské příšeře opět ožívá! Když Angus a Kirstie najdou na pobřeží tajemné vejce, tak netuší, že se z něj nevylíhne pták, ale příšerka. Děti jí dají jméno Crusoe. Záhadný tvor je nejdřív maličký, ale roste tak rychle, že je mu za chvíli těsné i jezírko na zahradě. Děti spolu s dědečkem a rodiči musí Crusoa odvézt na bezpečné místo a ukrýt ho před zraky lidí. A tak se zrodí legenda… Dobrodružný fantasy příběh o příšeře z jezera Loch Ness zaujal i filmaře a stal se předlohou pro úspěšné filmové zpracování.

From the beloved author of Babe comes the last of six stories about Dick King-Smith's most adored (human!) character, the inimitable Sophie, re-imagined twenty years later by the witty, perceptive paintbrush of the award-winning Hannah Shaw. Sophie would love to have a pony, but she doesn't think she'll ever be that lucky. She does get a lucky break, though, when Great Aunt Al invites her to Scotland! This charming, funny story beautifully captures the dynamics of family life and has been given a fresh, contemporary look by a talented artist.

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Dodos Are Forever, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

Whoever heard of a singing mouse? But Wolfgang Amadeus Mouse (named after the beginning of a name found on a scrap of sheet music) has a truly wonderful voice - a voice that thrills old Mrs Honeybee. Soon Mouse is singing daily while the lonely old woman plays the piano. But then - disaster strikes! Can Wolf's voice save the day?

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.

Sophie's crazy about animals - snails and cats, rabbits and dogs, pigs and ponies. Read all about her family and friends (animal and human!) in the first three of the well-loved Sophie stories

'Sparkling humour and wonderful characters are Dick King-Smith's trademarks' - Books for Your Children An exciting new publication in celebration of the centenary of his birth, a recently discovered funny and poignant animal story by Dick King-Smith, completed by his great granddaughter, Josie Rogers. Ambrose may seem like an ordinary rabbit but he has the most extraordinary sense of smell. He can detect any aroma from sweets to kittens - and even niffy foxes! He lives with his family in a hutch and is visited every day by Biddy, who is desperate to take him home to be her pet - if only her mum and dad would let her. Biddy trains Ambrose to become a tracker rabbit - which comes in very handy when Ambrose's little sister Roly goes missing. But when Biddy's family find themselves in real danger, can Ambrose's sensitive nose save the day?