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Hares don't talk. Everyone knows that. But the hare Harriet meets one morning in a corn circle in her father's wheatfield is a very unusual hare: a visitor from the far-off planet Pars, come to spend his holidays on Earth in the form of a talking hare. Wiz, as Harriet names her magical new friend, can speak any language, transform himself into any shape - and, as the summer draws to its close, he has one last, lovely surprise in store for Harriet...

'Sparkling humour and wonderful characters are Dick King-Smith's trademarks' - Books for Your ChildrenAn exciting new publication in celebration of the centenary of his birth, a recently discovered funny and poignant animal story by Dick King-Smith, completed by his great granddaughter, Josie Rogers.Ambrose may seem like an ordinary rabbit but he has the most extraordinary sense of smell. He can detect any aroma from sweets to kittens - and even niffy foxes!He lives with his family in a hutch and is visited every day by Biddy, who is desperate to take him home to be her pet - if only her mum and dad would let her. Biddy trains Ambrose to become a tracker rabbit - which comes in very handy when Ambrose's little sister Roly goes missing. But when Biddy's family find themselves in real danger, can Ambrose's sensitive nose save the day?

In this collection of stories you will meet a guinea-pig that can do clever tricks, the Queen's favourite Corgi pup, a secret mouse hiding in a tree-house, a chick that wants to be a duck AND you'll learn how to look after all kinds of pets!A delightful anthology from the master of animal adventures Dick King-Smith, featuring a never-before-published story.

From the king of animal stories for children and one of the national's most beloved writers, a very funny and heart-warming story. Harry isn't very pleased when he inherits a parrot from Great-Uncle George, but Maddison is no ordinary parrot. Not only can he talk, but you can have conversations with him and he and Harry quickly become great friends - but then Maddison is stolen ... Will he and Harry ever be reunited?

¿The master of animal adventures¿ Independent on SundayTwo funny adventures about a spoiled princess and a very clever royal pig, from the beloved author of Babe. Lollipop is no ordinary pig. According to her young owner Johnny Skinner, she's the cleverest pig in the whole kingdom. When people stare into Lollipop's bright, intelligent eyes, it seems to change them for the better. But will Lollipop win over spoiled Princess Penelope ¿ and the King and Queen?With exciting new illustrations, these two timeless and hilarious stories are being published to celebrate treasured author Dick King-Smith's centenary! "Dick King-Smith is a huge favourite with children" Observer

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Friends and Brothers, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Warlock Watson, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's What Sadie Saw, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Pigs Might Fly, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Find the White Horse, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Dodos Are Forever, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Tumbleweed, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Dragon Boy, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Paddy's Pot of Gold, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Julius Caesar's Goat, from the renowned author of Babe The Sheep-Pig.

"e;You are NOT keeping a mouse in this house!"e;Every Saturday - or Mouseday, as Pete calls it - Pete asks his mum and dad if he can have a pet mouse. And every week, the answer is the same. No. Then Pete gets a terrific idea. He could secretly keep a mouse in his tree-house...

There are six puppies in the pet shop window; five posh pedigree puppies, and a scruffy little mongrel with a grand ambition - to be a guard dog. The other pups laugh at him. How can such a small, scruffy dog possibly expect to be bought to guard a home? Especially when his bark is the most horrible, earsplitting racket they have ever heard! Will the poor little guard dog be doomed to a lonely life in the Dogs' Home - or worse...?

Abandoned by his bossy wife and children, old Mr Ape finds himself living all alone in his huge and rambling house. And then he gets a brilliant idea: he can fill the house with animals the pets his wife and children would never let him have. But pets have a habit of increasing and increasing and soon every room is stuffed to the brim with animals. Something has to change . . .

Connie Button amazes her parents when she begins to speak - somehow she can add up even the biggest numbers in her head! And when Rollo says HIS first words, they are all in rhyme. But will Connie's brainy tricks get her into trouble? And can Rollo live a life in verse?

The story begins with a mysterious egg washed up on a Scottish beach, the morning after a great storm. Kirstie and her brother Angus find the egg and take it home. The next day it has hatched into a tiny greeny-grey creature with a horse's head, warty skin, four flippers and a crocodile's tail - but the trouble is, it just doesn't stop growing.

'If only that horrible cat didn't live here!' When Beaumont Robinson, an inquisitive young mouse, is nearly killed by the cat, his family decide there is only one thing to do. They must emigrate! And so they all set out on a midnight adventure to find a new house. This is a story with a engaging mouse hero - suitable for readers of 7+.

'Why can't I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?' When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can't be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep-pig.

Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home, but unfortunately on the wrong side of the road from the Park, with its beautiful lily pond, and more importantly its juicy slugs, worms and snails. The busy road is a dangerous barrier but Max notices that humans seem to cross it quite easily. If they can, why can't hedgehogs?

Laurence Higgins is an enormously fat black cat. His friends tell him to lose weight if he wants a girl friend. He gets thinner with one meal a day but the cat he fancies tells him she doesn't like slim boys. Triumphantly Lawrence returns to his four meals a day, spurred on by the thought of meeting Bella when he's back to his normal size.

Fitzherbert is no ordinary gosling--his mother is a goose and his father is a swan. He is the farm's only swoose--perhaps, the world's only swoose! Fitzherbert sets off to find his father. Instead, he ends up in the courtyard of Windsor Castle, where he becomes the apple of the Queen's eye and is honored with knighthood. An enchanting adventure.

Poppet is a little African elephant. When he is born, his mother warns him against mice because they run up elephants' trunks. Poppet spends some time asking various creatures if they are mice and then, to his horror, one of them says 'Yes'.

Judy's classmates snigger when she claims guinea pigs are brainy. But, when her guinea pigs have a baby son, she decides to call him Jenius and train him to prove her point. Soon he can do all kinds of clever tricks, and Judy can't wait to show him off at school. After all, what could possibly go wrong?

Dumpling wishes she was long and sausage-shaped like her two brothers and other dachshunds, instead of being short and stumpy. One day she goes to the woods and meets a witch's cat who grants Dumpling her wish, but the spell goes wrong and Dumpling gets longer and longer! She's very happy to return to her own shape again.