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Dick King-Smith

Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the county of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. Later he taught at a village primary school. His first book, The Fox Busters, was published in 1978. He wrote a great number of children's books, including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award and filmed as Babe), Harry's Mad, Noah's Brother, The Hodgeheg, Martin's Mice, Ace, The Cuckoo Child and Harriet's Hare (winner of the Children's Book Award in 1995). At the British Book Awards in 1991 he was voted Children's Author of the Year. In 2009 he was made OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight.

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Title:: Paddy's Pot of Gold (MP3)
Written by:: Dick King-Smith
Read by:: Josie Lawrence
Format:: Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 1
Duration:: 1 hours 40 minutes
MP3 size:: 73 MB
Published:: July 01 2014
Available Date:: July 01 2014
Age Category:: Children (5+)
ISBN:: 9781486226108
Genres:: Fiction; Adventure; Children's Fiction; Fantasy
Publisher:: Bolinda audio

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'Warm, imaginative, and grounded in the author's good sense and real knowledge of field and farm.'
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From the creator of Babe, the Sheep-Pig.

When Brigid sees a tiny carrot moving about in the garden she can't believe her eyes. When the carrot turns out to be a tiny leprechaun, she can't believe her luck. She is the only human who can see him – but where is his pot of gold?

'King-Smith has created a friendship of such true devotion that it seems the only possible ending. Several factors unite to make this early chapter book irresistible. The scene is masterfully set, from the beauty of the predawn Irish farm to the details of Brigid's birthday breakfast. Combine that with a magical friend, a chance to talk to animals, the threat of some crafty foxes, and the lure of hidden gold for a surefire winner. Don't relegate it to St. Patrick's Day alone.'
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