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The Stray | Dick King-Smith

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Dick King-Smith, most famous for his book Babe the Gallant Pig, was an absurdly prolific writer. I've collected a lot of his books over the years, but somehow haven't read them all, despite most of them being only around 100pgs long. With such an enormous catalog of books, not all of them are winners, but this one was a soft pick for me. Henny is 75yrs old and bored of her life in the old folks' home. One day she runs away, spending all her ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) money on a train ticket to the seashore. There she collides with a large and happy family who more or less adopt her. The story is pretty adorable and sweet, with Henny being the exact kind of person you'd want for a grandma. I know this sounds a bit nitpicky, but my biggest problem with this book is that the mom plays the lottery every week and then in the end they win! I'm not sure I completely agree with teaching MG readers that ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) gambling is the way to wealth 😂 But still a fun little story with happy endings and kind characters.

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PuddleJumper My favourite was The Mouse Butcher as a kid. He wrote so many! 2y

TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper - It's crazy to me how many he wrote!! My favorites still are The Queen's Nose and Harry's Mad. But so many of them are just such good fun. I don't think I have The Mouse Butcher, so I'll have to find that one! 2y

BarbaraJean I LOVED Dick King-Smith when I was a kid! The Queen‘s Nose and Harry‘s Mad were my favorites, too. Also Saddlebottom! I have always resented the renaming of “The Sheep-pig” as “Babe”—because of the movie. I really hated the movie. 2y

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