Sophie's Snail (#1)
Author(s): Dick King-Smith
From the beloved author of Babe comes the first 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 loves animals of all kinds, but how will she grow up to be a farmer if she is not allowed any of her own? She goes looking for creatures to keep in her menagerie, but all she seems to find is trouble - yikes! And there is one pest she certainly doesn't want around: her prissy new neighbour, Dawn...
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"Rich in humour with a tremendous understanding of what makes small children tick." (Sunday Times)"
Dick King-Smith (1922-2011) is one of the world's favourite children's book authors. He won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Sheep-Pig (later filmed as Babe), he was named Children's Book Author of the Year in 1991 and won the 1995 Children's Book Award for Harriet's Hare. In addition to the Sophie series, his titles for Walker include The Finger-Eater, Aristotle, The Twin Giants and two books about a very special pig: Lady Lollipop and Clever Lollipop.
General Fields
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- : Walker Books Ltd
- : Walker Books Ltd
- : 31 January 2015
- : 198mm X 129mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 April 2015
- : books
Special Fields
- : Dick King-Smith
- : Paperback
- : Hannah Shaw
- : 823.914
- : 96