kids books Archives - Kidsmap Ireland https://ie.kidsmap.com/tag/kids-books-6/ Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:48:27 +0000 en-IE hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 The Sheep-pig: 40th Anniversary Edition https://ie.kidsmap.com/the-sheep-pig-40th-anniversary-edition/ https://ie.kidsmap.com/the-sheep-pig-40th-anniversary-edition/#respond Fri, 27 Jun 2025 10:48:24 +0000 https://ie.kidsmap.com/?p=1491 A tale loved by many from one of Britain’s best-known authors, this wonderful new edition of The Sheep-Pig comes with a delightful introduction by Michael Morpurgo.The Sheep-Pig is one of Dick King-Smith’s most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation, Babe, was released in 1995. ‘Why can’t I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?’ When […]

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]]> A tale loved by many from one of Britain’s best-known authors, this wonderful new edition of The Sheep-Pig comes with a delightful introduction by Michael Morpurgo.
The Sheep-Pig is one of Dick King-Smith’s most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation, Babe, was released in 1995.

‘Why can’t I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?’

When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can’t be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep-pig.

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