Dick King-Smith
Hardcover | Pages: 130 pages Rating: 4.08 | 13740 Users | 456 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Sheep-Pig |
| ISBN: | 0375829709 (ISBN13: 9780375829703) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1984), Audie Award for Children's Titles (1997), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Intermediate (1988) |
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Knopf is proud to present a handsome 20th-anniversary edition of Dick King-Smith’s bestselling novel that became an Academy Award–nominated movie. When Babe arrives at Hogget Farm, Mrs. Hogget’s thoughts turn to sizzling bacon and juicy pork chops—until he reveals a surprising talent for sheepherding, that is. Before long, Babe is handling Farmer Hogget’s flock better than any sheepdog ever could. Babe is so good, in fact, that the farmer enters him into the Grand Challenge Sheepdog Trials. Will it take a miracle for Babe to win?Complete with the original text and stunningly reillustrated by acclaimed artist Maggie Kneen, this anniversary edition of Babe is perfect to introduce a new generation of readers to the magical story of a pig like no other.
Mention Containing Books Babe: The Gallant Pig
| Title | : | Babe: The Gallant Pig |
| Author | : | Dick King-Smith |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 130 pages |
| Published | : | March 8th 2005 by Knopf Books for Young Readers (first published January 1st 1983) |
| Categories | : | Childrens. Fiction. Animals |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 13740 Users | 456 ReviewsEvaluation Containing Books Babe: The Gallant Pig
This was a lovely book, just as lovely as the movie except it kept using the word "bitch" in its animal meaning and that uh took me aback every time? But Babe is lovely and amazing and I love having the book and being able to read it after all these years of watching the movie.Read as part of the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge.The charming tale that captured originally captured my imagination as a child due to the movie adaptation, its the heart warming story of a young pig on a sheep farm.Being brought up by Fly a sheepdog, young babe aspires to follow in the dogs footsteps by becoming a sheep-pig.I liked how the movie stayed really faithful to the book, it really is a timeless classic.
Babe is not like other pigs; he has greater ambitions than eating, sleeping, and "lying around all day thinking about eating", his ambition is to be a sheep-pig.When Farmer Hogget attends the local fair he unexpectedly wins a small piglet called Babe. Farmer Hogget does not keep pigs, but Mrs Hogget can see a potential Christmas Dinner in his prize and cajoles the farmer into keeping him. Babe has no idea of his intended fate and feels scared and alone on the farm. Farmer Hogget's sheepdog, Fly,
Originally posted at You Must Have Your Hands FullMy girls love listening to audiobooks in the car. I have a nice selection of childrens literature, thanks to some great Audible sales. After we listened to Pippi Longstocking, my girls chose The Sheep Pig, by Dick King-Smith. This book is also known as Babe: The Gallant Pig, and is the inspiration for Babe, the Academy Award nominated film.The story begins when Farmer Hogget wins a piglet at a county fair. Mrs. Hogget is delighted, and thinks
This was a lovely book, just as lovely as the movie except it kept using the word "bitch" in its animal meaning and that uh took me aback every time? But Babe is lovely and amazing and I love having the book and being able to read it after all these years of watching the movie.
Ok, despite that one absolutely AWFUL scene, this book is a solid 5 out of 5 stars. I love Babe, I love all of the animals and I LOVE that by being polite and friendly, Babe was able to succeed in his chosen path. He couldnt do the job the way the dogs could, he was too different, some would say it was a handicap, but he not only found a way to do the job, but to flourish in it. He helped to alter the prejudiced views of his foster mother and on the humans who saw him work. Just by being polite,
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