Chewing the Cud bu Dick King-Smith

Chewing the Cud – An unexpected life from farmyard to Hollywood

This is the story of Dick King-Smith’s life from boyhood to the the Second World War, his farming and teaching years, right through to Dick establishing himself as one of the most successful children’s writers of the twentieth century. Written with charm and wit and with a wonderful cast of characters both human and animal.

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