Full name: Babe: The Gallant Pig

Author: Dick King-Smith Year: 1983 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Award winners, Fantasy, Classic Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Barns&Noble Amazon LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780375829703 9780679873938 0375829709 0679873937

Knopf is proud to present a handsome 20th-anniversary edition of Dick King-Smith's bestselling novel that became an Academy Award–nominated movie. When Babe arrives at Hogget Farm, Mrs. Hogget's thoughts turn to sizzling bacon and juicy pork chops - until he reveals a surprising talent for sheepherding, that is. Before long, Babe is handling Farmer Hogget's flock better than any sheepdog ever could. Babe is so good, in fact, that the farmer enters him into the Grand Challenge Sheepdog Trials. Will it take a miracle for Babe to win? Complete with the original text and stunningly reillustrated by acclaimed artist Maggie Kneen, this anniversary edition of is perfect to introduce a new generation of readers to the magical story of a pig like no other. Similar books: Pigs Might Fly by Dick King-Smith Harriet's Hare by Dick King-Smith The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann Harry's Mad by Dick King-Smith Doctor Dolittle's Caravan by Hugh Lofting Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake by Hugh Lofting I, Houdini by Lynne Reid Banks Doctor Dolittle's Post Office by Hugh Lofting Freddy the Detective by Walter R. Brooks Harry Cat's Pet Puppy by George Selden The Tales of Olga da Polga by Michael Bond The Fox Busters by Dick King-Smith The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith The Peppermint Pig by Nina Bawden Freddy and the Ignormus by Walter R. Brooks Doctor Dolittle and the Green Canary by Hugh Lofting James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie The Twits by Roald Dahl