Chewing the Cud

✍ Scribed by King-Smith, Dick

• Book ID: 108125449
• Publisher: Random House Children's Books
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 2 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9780307482778

✦ Synopsis

An Extraordinary Life Remembered by the Author of Babe: The Gallant Pig • A candid and very funny memoir from beloved children’s book author Dick King-Smith. Before he was a children’s book author, Dick King-Smith was a soldier, a farmer, a salesman, a factory worker, and a teacher. But he was always a devoted family man who loved the countryside he lived in and the animals he kept. In this insightful memoir, Dick King-Smith recounts the joys and failures of his life with equal humor and candor. And he remembers a delightful cast of animal characters–from Anna, the dachshund who turned out to be just stubborn, not deaf, to the 600-pound pig Monty, who liked to be scratched on top of his head, to Wilhelmina, a pet badger who was fond of love bites. As readers delight in recognizing the inspiration behind many of Dick King-Smith’s books, they’ll also see how a collection of experiences made a man a writer.

From the Hardcover edition.

Dick King-Smith recounts his life from soldier to farmer to salesman to factory worker to teacher to, finally, author.