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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 Cuckoo Child (MP3)
Written by:: Dick King-Smith
Read by:: Nigel Anthony
Format:: Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
Number of CDs:: 1
Duration:: 2 hours 17 minutes
MP3 size:: 95 MB
Published:: February 01 2015
Available Date:: February 01 2015
Age Category:: Children (7+)
ISBN:: 9781486236206
Genres:: Fiction; Animals; Children's Fiction
Publisher:: Bolinda audio

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'A contemporary, lighthearted version of the "Ugly Duckling" tale.'
School Library Journal

A charming story about a little boy and his new pet ...

At the zoo, Jack steals an ostrich egg that's about to be fed to a snake, brings it home to his family's farm, and persuades a pair of geese to be its foster parents.

'As usual, King-Smith provides a harmonious blend of poignant and rib-tickling scenes, in which human and animal characterisations are crafted with equal skill and originality. Readers who have relished the antics of such memorable stars as Babe the Gallant Pig and his grandson Ace will fall in love with Oliver, the ugly gosling who wins the affection of almost everyone he meets.'
Publishers Weekly

'This gentle story will grace the author's long list of well-loved animal fantasies.'
School Library Journal