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Babe : the gallant pig / Dick King-Smith ; illustrated by Melissa Manwill.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Yearling, [2017]Copyright date: ©1983Description: 112 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780679873938
  • 0679873937
  • 9780785796848
  • 0785796843
Uniform titles:
  • Sheep-pig
Subject(s):
Contents:
"Guess my weight" -- "There. Is that nice?" -- "Why can't I learn?" -- "You'm a polite young chap" -- "Keep yelling, young un" -- "Good Pig" -- "What's trials?" -- "Oh Ma!" -- "Was it Babe?" -- "Memorize it" -- "Today is the day" -- "That'll do."
Awards:
  • Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction Honor, 1985.
Summary: A piglet comes to Farmer Hogget's farm, where he is adopted by an old sheepdog and accomplishes amazing things.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's Fiction KING-SMI DICK Checked out 06/08/2024 33111010670582
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction KING-SMI DICK Checked out 06/12/2024 33111010547707
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Dick King-Smith's classic story of Babe the sheep-herding pig is back with a charming new cover to win over a new generation of readers!

When Babe arrives at Hogget Farm, Mrs. Hogget's thoughts turn to sizzling bacon and juicy pork chops. But before long, Babe reveals a talent no one could have expected: he can handle Farmer Hogget's stubborn flock better than any sheepdog ever could! When Farmer Hogget enters Babe in the Grand Challenge Sheepdog Trials, everyone, including his wife, thinks he is a fool. But he believes in Babe. Now it's just up to Babe to convince everyone else to believe in a sheep- pig !

An ALA Notable Book

A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book

A Horn Book Fanfare Honor Book

An IRA-CBC Children's Choice

An NCTE Teachers' Choice

"A hilarious fantasy about a plucky piglet that learns how to tend sheep, Babe is a barnyard charmer." -- The Washington Post on the film adaptation

"An animal fantasy which will inevitably be compared to Charlotte's Web. . . . A splendid book." -- The Horn Book , starred review

"Impossible to resist." -- Booklist , starred review

"One of the most delightful children's authors." -- The Guardian on Dick King-Smith

1040 Lexile.

"Originally published in Great Britain under the title: The sheep-pig."

Ages 6-9.

A piglet comes to Farmer Hogget's farm, where he is adopted by an old sheepdog and accomplishes amazing things.

"Guess my weight" -- "There. Is that nice?" -- "Why can't I learn?" -- "You'm a polite young chap" -- "Keep yelling, young un" -- "Good Pig" -- "What's trials?" -- "Oh Ma!" -- "Was it Babe?" -- "Memorize it" -- "Today is the day" -- "That'll do."

Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction Honor, 1985.

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