5.21.2008

Dick King Smith author of Babe

"The Sheep-Pig" just doesn't have the same ring to it...

"Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBEHon.M.Ed. (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011),[1] was a prolific English author of children's books, primarily using the pen name Dick King-Smith. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig (1983), or Babe the Gallant Pig in the U.S. It was [[film adaptation |adapted] as the movie Babe (1995) and translations have been published in fifteen languages.[2] He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999[3] and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[4][5]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_King-Smith

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