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Name: Babe
Full title: Babe: The Gallant Pig
Author: Dick King-Smith
Year: 1983
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Genres/categories: Children, Award winners, Fantasy, Classic

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ISBN:
9780679873938
0679873937
Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 1984.
Winner of the Audie Award for Children's Titles in 1997.

Knopf is proud to present a handsome 20th-anniversary edition of Dick King-Smith's bestselling novel that became an Academy Award–nominated movie. When Babe arrives at Hogget Farm, Mrs. Hogget's thoughts turn to sizzling bacon and juicy pork chops - until he reveals a surprising talent for sheepherding, that is. Before long, Babe is handling Farmer Hogget's flock better than any sheepdog ever could. Babe is so good, in fact, that the farmer enters him into the Grand Challenge Sheepdog Trials. Will it take a miracle for Babe to win?
Complete with the original text and stunningly reillustrated by acclaimed artist Maggie Kneen, this anniversary edition of
is perfect to introduce a new generation of readers to the magical story of a pig like no other.
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