Babe : the gallant pig / Dick King-Smith ; illustrated by Melissa Manwill.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Yearling, [2017]Copyright date: ©1983Description: 112 pages : illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780679873938
- 0679873937
- 9780785796848
- 0785796843
- Sheep-pig
- Boston Globe/Horn Book Fiction Honor, 1985.
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Fiction | KING-SMI DICK | Checked out | 06/08/2024 | 33111010670582 | |||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | KING-SMI DICK | Checked out | 06/12/2024 | 33111010547707 |
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.