SADLY, as you may be aware, best-selling children's author Dick King-Smith
died last week at the age of 88.
The writer, who often featured animals in his works, was one of the UK's most
prolific, penning more than 100 books since 1978.
Omnibombulator , Harriet's Hare and The Adventurous Snail were among his many
other titles.
His first book, The Fox Busters, was published in 1978, when King-Smith was
already in his 50s.
He went on to sell more than 15 million copies of his works worldwide,
winning numerous awards.
The Sheep Pig, filmed in 1995 as Babe, told of a pig who learns to herd sheep !
Another of his books, The Queen's Nose, was adapted into a BBC TV series that
ran for seven series from 1995 to 2003.
King-Smith was made an OBE in December 2009, an honour his agent said he had
been "delighted" to receive.
He wrote with warmth and wit and his love of animals shone through.
Let's remember him like we do Dahl.
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