What are your favorite Dick King-Smith books?

[lisabees]

DD is 7 - she reads on a 2nd-3rd grade level. I'd like to get her a few Dick King-Smith books for Christmas. She is all about animals!! :001_smile:

[Laura Corin]

We liked Martin's Mice, Happy Mouseday, The Terrible Trins, Babe the Sheep-Pig and A Mouse Called Wolf. We also liked the Sophie books, about a girl who wants to be a 'lady farmer'; the first is Sophie's Snail. Of this list, I think Babe is the hardest read.

 

Laura

[Hedgehog]

The Swoose. My sister bought this for DD11 a couple years ago and I thought it was a real nice story.

[Dmmetler]

My daughter loved "The School Mouse", except that it was sad when most of the mice were poisoned and died.

[nmoira]

The Sophie books. Do get the UK versions though, as the American versions were clumsily americanized (e.g. Sophie goes to "kindergarten" *shudder* and it gets worse). All six books of the original books are available in two volumes:

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844289915/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844289923/

 

You can get these from Book Depository as well (free shipping).

 

The Nine Lives of Aristotle was a big hit here, as was The Sheep Pig (aka Babe). I've linked to the UK edition of The Sheep Pig, but I have no idea whether the US edition was butchered in the manner of the Sophie books.

[lisabees]

My daughter loved "The School Mouse", except that it was sad when most of the mice were poisoned and died.

 

Oh that's not good. DD is extremely sensitive to dying animals. :001_huh:

 

The Sophie books. Do get the UK versions though, as the American versions were clumsily americanized

 

I actually think I took this advice from you already! I should have mentioned that we have and love the Sophie books. :)

 

Thanks all for your suggestions!