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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:: Sophie's Snail (MP3)
Series:: Sophie #1
Written by:: Dick King-Smith
Read by:: Bernard Cribbins
Format:: Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 1
Duration:: 54 minutes
MP3 size:: 41 MB
Published:: September 01 2014
Available Date:: September 01 2014
Age Category:: Children (5+)
ISBN:: 9781486232376
Genres:: Fiction; Animals; Children's Fiction
Publisher:: Bolinda audio

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'Bernard Cribbins has made Sophie and her family's adventures classic listening.'
The Bookseller

Small but very determined Sophie wants to be a lady farmer when she grows up. Down in the potting shed, she has made a start and keeps flocks of free-range wood lice and herds of snails. Sophie's fond of most creatures but there's one she cannot stand: her prissy new neighbour Dawn!

'From a cast of engaging characters, Sophie emerges as a rugged, uncompromising heroine who will win readers' hearts.'
Publishers Weekly

'In this wonderful, easy reading, first chapter book, King-Smith introduces a determined and quite special heroine who will capture the hearts of all who come to know her. Her humorous antics, her dealings with her rambunctious six-year-old twin brothers, and her unique philosophies of life all ring pure and true and will leave their mark on readers.'
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