The Fox Busters
By (author) King-Smith Dick
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By (author) King-Smith Dick
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Biographical note
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.
Description
Flightless, helpless and often, more than a little silly, chickens are no match for the cunning, merciless foxes stalking their coop. Or are they?
Thanks to a careless farmer and generations of determined foxes, the chickens on Foxearth Farm have evolved into quick-witted, long-legged, high flying fox dodgers. Then, just a week after a vicious fox ambush in the water trough, three sisters are hatched. And Ransome, Sims and Jefferies are no ordinary chicks: they grow up determined to fight back. They are the legendary Fox Busters . . .
From the number one author for animal magic comes this wonderful new edition of a much-loved classic.
Biographical note
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.
Author | By (author) King-Smith Dick |
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Date Of Publication | Jul 6, 2017 |
EAN | 9780141370248 |
Contributors | King-Smith Dick |
Publisher | Penguin Random House Children's Uk |
Languages | English |
Country of Publication | United Kingdom |
Width | 129 mm |
Height | 198 mm |
Thickness | 9 mm |
Product Forms | Paperback / Softback |
Audience Age | From 6 to 8, From 9 to 12 |
Weight | 0.117000 |
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