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The Crowstarver
Dick King-Smith
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Description for The Crowstarver
Paperback. Series: A Puffin Book. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 5AK; YFM; YFP. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 368.
A reissue of a beautiful story for older readers in which bestselling author Dick King-Smith creates a fascinating picture of rural life at the time of the Second World War. Discovered as a foundling in a lambing pen, Spider Sparrow grows up surrounded by animals. From sheep and horses to wild otters and foxes, Spider loves them all, even the crows he must scare away from the newly sown wheat. Crowstarving was the idea job for Spider - he was on his own, yet never alone for all around him were animals of one sort ... Read more
A reissue of a beautiful story for older readers in which bestselling author Dick King-Smith creates a fascinating picture of rural life at the time of the Second World War. Discovered as a foundling in a lambing pen, Spider Sparrow grows up surrounded by animals. From sheep and horses to wild otters and foxes, Spider loves them all, even the crows he must scare away from the newly sown wheat. Crowstarving was the idea job for Spider - he was on his own, yet never alone for all around him were animals of one sort ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
A Puffin Book
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141368726
SKU
V9780141368726
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-78
About Dick King-Smith
Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the county of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. He wrote a great number of children's books, including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award and filmed as Babe), Harry's Mad, The ... Read more
Reviews for The Crowstarver
This book demonstrates everything that is good about writing for children. It is a book of love, trust and wonder thoroughly recommended to adults and young people alike
Carousel children's book magazine
A powerful and heartwarming story... one of those children's books much enjoyed by adults
Times Educational Supplement
Carousel children's book magazine
A powerful and heartwarming story... one of those children's books much enjoyed by adults
Times Educational Supplement