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Dick King-Smith: Pigs Might Fly


The Dick King Smith Centenary Collection

No. of pages 184

Published: 2021

Great for age 9-12 years

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A beautiful new edition of Dick King-Smith's Pigs MightFly,from the renowned author ofBabe The Sheep-Pig. Poor Daggie Dogfoot! Hes much smaller than his brothers and sisters, with feet more like a dogs than a pigs. The very day that Daggie is born, the pigman whisks him off to the shed for a merciful death. When Daggie miraculously escapes, he returns to the safety of the sties and the protection of his mother, who begins to think that Daggie isnt just different but special. Special for a purpose. And when Daggie befriends a duck called Felicity, he begins to understand what that purpose might be

 

 

This book is part of a book series called The Dick King Smith Centenary Collection .

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 184 pages in this book. This book was published in 2021 by Sweet Cherry Publishing .

Authors featuring on this anthology include Margaret Mahy, Allan Ahlberg, Dick King-Smith, Adele Geras, Michael Rosen, Linda Allen and Vivian French

 

This book contains the following story:

Pigs Might Fly
Mrs Barleylove is horrified to discover that her latest litter contains a dag – a weakling of a piglet with strangely misshapen feet. But after his miraculous escape from an early and ignominious death at the hands of the pigman, the dag assumes a unique and favoured position in the sties.

This book is in the following series:

The Dick King Smith Centenary Collection