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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:: The Crowstarver (MP3)
Written by:: Dick King-Smith
Read by:: Christian Rodska
Format:: Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 1
Duration:: 3 hours 26 minutes
MP3 size:: 144 MB
Published:: August 01 2014
Available Date:: August 01 2014
Age Category:: Children (5+)
ISBN:: 9781486228225
Genres:: Fiction; Animals; Children's Fiction
Publisher:: Bolinda audio

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'A finely crafted book ... Revelling in description and imagery ... Dick King-Smith is an exceptional writer.'
Books for Keeps

A touching novel about the relationship between man and beast from a true master of storytelling.

From the moment he's left as a foundling in a lambing-pen on Outoverdown Farm, Spider Sparrow is surrounded by animals. Adopted by the kindly shepherd and his wife, Spider comes to know all the farm creatures, including the crows he must scare away from the wheat. Every animal he meets trusts him, and Spider loves them all. It is his unique gift, but nothing else in his life comes so easily ...

'A powerful and heartwarming story.'
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'This book demonstrates everything that is good about writing for children. It is a book of love and wonder thoroughly recommended to adults and young people alike.'
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