Mitchell Library Visit
Published on Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
Hello, Josie here again – one of Dick’s great-grandchildren and also the co-author of Ambrose Follows His Nose. Part of the reason I was asked to work on Ambrose by our family was my background in English literature and creative writing, which I studied at Glasgow University. While I was studying, I used to spend […]
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Foreign Language Translations
Published on Tuesday, August 15th, 2023
Did you know that there are over 7,100 different languages spoken across the world? Amazing, isn’t it? Dick’s books have been translated into 37 of them. Can you work out which language these book covers are written in, and can you guess which of Dick’s books they are? See if you can work it out, […]
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Josie Rogers – Ambrose Follows His Nose
Published on Monday, May 29th, 2023
If you live in or near Glasgow, we invite you to join Josie Rogers, co-author of Ambrose Follows His Nose, the magical story of an ordinary rabbit with an extraordinary sense of smell! Ambrose Follows His Nose was an unfinished story started by Josie’s great-grandfather – none other than Dick King-Smith, the Master of Animal […]
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Tales Of Adventurous Children
Published on Thursday, April 20th, 2023
Puffin presents seven stories, in audio for the first time, from master storyteller Dick King-Smith. Tales Of Adventurous Children includes seven fantastic audiobook stories: Connie and Rolo, Warlock Watson, Bobby the Bad, Dragon Boy, What Sadie Saw, Treasure Trove and Back to Front Benjy. It is out now!
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Babe Movie Star Imitates Art By Saving Piglet
Published on Thursday, April 13th, 2023
Babe star James Cromwell, who starred as Farmer Hoggett in the blockbuster film, recently rescued a piglet and gave it a perfect name. Based on Dick King-Smith’s 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, Babe centres on a special pig who wishes to perform the duties of a sheepdog. “Having had the privilege of witnessing and experiencing pigs’ […]
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Friends of St. Mary’s Church, Bampton
Published on Friday, March 31st, 2023
Right at the end of Dick King-Smith’s Centenary Year, a special fund-raiser for St. Mary’s Church, Bampton brought together Josie Rogers (Dick’s co-author of “Ambrose Follows His Nose”), and two of Dick’s children, Liz (a long-time Bampton resident) and Giles, for an afternoon presentation of Dick’s life and career, with readings and a Q&A. Josie, […]
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Mary Rayner
Published on Friday, March 24th, 2023
The King-Smith family are saddened to hear the news about Mary Rayner, who has died aged 89. Mary was a brilliant writer and illustrator, who did sterling work on some of Dick’s early stories Daggie Dogfoot (1980), Magnus Powermouse (1982) and The Sheep-Pig (1983). One of her most memorable books was the brilliant Mr and […]
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Follow Your Nose!
Published on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023
Follow your nose to the special Dick King-Smith afternoon! This year marks the centenary of Dick King-Smith’s birth, and to celebrate, there will be a talk on Sunday 26th March at St Mary’s Church, Bampton, Oxfordshire. Two of Dick’s children, Liz and Giles as well as Dick’s great granddaughter Josie Rogers, will be there to […]
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Ambrose Follows His Nose Paperback Edition!
Published on Friday, March 10th, 2023
An exciting new paperback edition in celebration of the centenary of Dick King-Smith’s birth, Ambrose Follows His Nose is a funny and poignant animal story which was recently discovered in Dick’s daughter’s attic and was completed by his great granddaughter, Josie Rogers. Ambrose may seem like an ordinary rabbit but he has the most extraordinary […]
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The Sheep-Pig 40th Anniversary Edition!
Published on Friday, March 10th, 2023
This wonderful NEW 40th anniversary edition of The Sheep-Pig comes with a delightful introduction by Michael Morpurgo. The Sheep-Pig is one of Dick King-Smith’s most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation, Babe, was released in 1995. ‘Why can’t I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?’ When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, […]
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