His mother was amazed when she saw the size of her newborn infant and realized that feeding him was going to cause problems. She turned to a box of patent Porker Pills, used for fattening pigs. But the bigger Magnus grew, the more problems he caused.
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"We listened to this book on CD as a family during a road trip. My kids adored it. The story had so much humor, and the narrator did a bang up job with voices. My kids laughed and laughed. This was a good one. I found it clever, too." — Jennifer (4 out of 5 stars)
"We listened to this book on CD as a family during a road trip. My kids adored it. The story had so much humor, and the narrator did a bang up job with voices. My kids laughed and laughed. This was a good one. I found it clever, too."
" The synopsis of this book does not do it justice. This is the story of a rat catcher and the biggest baby mouse ever. It's funny, exciting and one of the best dks books. "
" We love Dick King-Smith, and we loved this one--to re-read with youngest child. "
" I love Dick King Smith, but I was a little disappointed with this book. The plot was excellent but lacked good dialogue, particulary for Magnus. "
" We read this in school. I think it had to do with pigs and one extremely large mouse.You know what? It's Dick King-Smith. I loved his books. This goes on the win pile. "
Dick King-Smith was the pen name of Ronald Gordon King-Smith (1922–2011). He was a prolific English writer of children’s books, best known for The Sheep Pig, or Babe: The Gallant Pig, as it was know in the United States, which won the 1984 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and was adapted as the movie Babe. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education by the University of the West of England in 1999 and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2010.
Nigel Anthony is best known for his extensive broadcasts for BBC radio as a leading actor and for his Earphones Award–winning audio narrations. He has also appeared many times on television in series such as Casualty and Coronation Street, while on the stage he has appeared in Sick Dictators and Ghosts and has worked with Alan Ayckbourn and the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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