The Stray

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Author:

King-Smith, Dick

ISBN:

978-0-679-89101-7

Publication Date:

Mar 1998

Publisher:

Random House Children's Books

Imprint:

Yearling

Book Format:

Paperback

List Price:

USD $6.99

Book Description:

Now in Knopf Paperback, from the author of Babe: The Gallant Pig, comes the touching story of a "stray" old woman's amusing antics and the large, loving family that adopts her.

Book Details

Pages:	144
Detailed Subjects:	Juvenile Fiction / General Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	5.25 x 7.63 x 0.38 Inches
Book Weight:	0.275 Pounds

Author Biography

King-Smith, Dick (Author)

Dick King-Smith was born on March 27, 1922 in Bitten, Gloucestershire, England. Before becoming a full-time author, he was a farmer and a schoolteacher. He served in the Grenadier Guards during World War II and attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire.

He has written over 100 children's books including The Fox Busters, The Hodgeheg, and The Sheep Pig (aka Babe-The Gallant Pig), which was adapted as the 1995 film Babe. The 1995 TV miniseries The Queen's Nose was also based in one of his books. He was voted Children's Author of the Year at the 1991 British Book Awards. He died on January 4, 2011 at the age of 88.

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