The Invisible Dog and The Sheep Pig bind-up

Feb 5, 2025 8:49 PM

Author:Dick King-Smith

Two of Dick King Smith's finest animal stories in one package!

In The Invisible Dog a little girl tries to satisfy her yearning for a dog by introducing an imaginary Great Dane called Henry to the house. Then her wish comes true and she is allowed a real Henry - but there's more than a hint that old Mrs Garrow, with her cackling laugh and black cat, may have had something to do with it...

In The Sheep-Pig Farmer Hoggett thinks the piglet he wins at the fair is just one to be fattened up for the freezer until his old sheepdog, Fly, takes Babe under her wing and starts to train him to be a sheepdog too. Babe's methods are unconventional but successful and he wins the Grand Challenge Trials by being polite to his flock of sheep.

Reviews

Not since Roald Dahl have children filled their shelves so compulsively

—— The Times

He is a wonderful storyteller, immersed in his own kingdom

—— Guardian

A constant hit ever since Martin the Warrior first took up arms against his foes

—— Scotsman

There are quests and riddles; cunning treachery and chivalric derring-do; and, in a feature that became a hallmark of the entire series, groaning boards spread with sumptuous feasts, lovingly described

—— New York Times

The combination of a completely imagined world full of domestic detail...with a strongly created mythology to underpin them, big-scale plots and Jacques's rolling prose quickly turned Redwall into a leading international brand in children's books

—— Guardian

Written long before Harry Potter and Twilight burst into the mainstream, Jacques's Redwall series offered up endless adventure and complex, sympathetic characters

—— Boston Globe

The Tales of Redwall, adventurous battles between good and evil set in a world of mice and squirrels and foxes, have captured the imaginations of millions of children (and adults) across the globe

—— Scotsman

The Knights of the Round Table with paws

—— Sunday Times

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