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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:: Billy the Bird
Written by:: Dick King-Smith
Read by:: Sophie Thompson
Format:: Unabridged CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 1
Duration:: 51 minutes
Published:: January 01 2016
Available Date:: January 01 2016
Age Category:: Children (7+)
ISBN:: 9781486226122
Genres:: Fiction; Adventure; Children's Fiction; Fantasy
Publisher:: Bolinda audio

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'Sparkling humour and wonderful characters are Dick King-Smith's trademarks.'
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An engaging tale from everybody's favourite animal author Dick King-Smith.

Look up into the starry sky on the night of the full moon and you'll see ... a bird? A plane? No ... a little boy! Eight-year-old Mary Bird has discovered a secret: her four-year-old brother Billy can fly! Floating around his room is bad enough, but when he takes off out an open window, Mary's sure disaster isn't far behind. She may be right!

'This whimsical, satisfying, young middle-grade fantasy by Dick King-Smith is filled with action, adventure, and lovable talking animals.'
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'Dick King-Smith has brought magic into the lives of millions of children.'
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