Babe, The Sheep Pig - Softcover

Wood, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0573051151 ISBN 13: 9780573051159

Publisher: Samuel French Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

The tale of high adventure in the farmyard that became the hit movie Babe is a captivating play for children young and old. A leading writer of children's plays brings the heartwarming story of the piglet who rises to fame at the Grand Challenge Sheep Dog Trials to the stage in a dramatization that allows for flexible casting.|Large flexible cast

About this title

From AudioFile:

This amazing pig not only succeeded at the Grand Challenge Sheep-Dog Trials, but charmed movie audiences of children and adults alike. The original story of a pig who decides to train for the all-important job of herding sheep is a charmer, with or without Hollywood images of the Hoggett Farm and the beautiful, grassy dales. Dick King-Smith is a master of stories about animals with personality. His characters mix courage and sweetness in delightful measure. Babe's story is not sugar-coated, but it succeeds because of the characters' inherent quality and charm. Thorne narrates Babe's story with ease and wit and never neglects King-Smith's finely tuned sense of kindness. This audiobook can easily become a family favorite. It will enchant adults as much as children and send them looking for the array of audiobooks by Dick King-Smith. R.F.W. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review:

Better known as Babe, this amazing pig not only succeeded at the Grand Challenge Sheep-Dog Trials, but charmed movie audiences of children and adults alike. The original story of a pig who decides to train for the all-important job of herding sheep is a charmer. Dick King-Smith is a master of stories about animal with personality. His characters mix courage and sweetness in delightful measure. Babe's story is not sugar-coated, but it succeeds because of the characters' inherent quality and charm. Stephen Thorne narrates Babe's story with ease and wit and never neglects King-Smith's finely tuned sense of kindness. This [HighBridge] audiobook can easily become a family favorite. -- The Christian Science Monitor, February 27, 1997; Audiofile, Dec/Jan 1998/1999

This is the story that inspired the Babe movie: enjoy almost two hours of fine audio narration in which reader Stephen Thorne adds high drama and action to the story of a pig who searches for a way to escape his fate. This complete, unabridged story will appeal to all ages. -- Midwest Book Review

Winner of the Audie Award for Best Production of 1997 -- Audio Publishers Association

Winner of the Listen Up Award for Best Fiction of 1996 -- Publishers Weekly, January 6, 1997

About this edition

• Publisher: Samuel French Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0573051151
• ISBN 13: 9780573051159
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80