Dick King Smith 10 Books Set Sheep-Pig, Hodgeheg, Invisible Dog, Golden Goose, Smasher & more

Dick King-Smith 10 Books Collection Set brings together ten stories featuring a range of animal characters and everyday adventures. The set includes well-known favourites alongside lesser-known tales, from farmyards and family homes to parks and prehistoric plains.

Across the collection, a piglet learns from a sheep-dog after being taken in by Farmer Hogget, a hedgehog searches for a safer route to a park, and a child’s imaginary Great Dane becomes something more. Other stories follow a goose that lays a golden egg, a collie’s litter of puppies, a mouse family forced to make a difficult decision, and a girl determined to prove her guinea pigs are clever.

Included titles

• The Sheep-pig
• The Hodgeheg
• The Invisible Dog
• The Golden Goose
• Smasher
• The Mouse Family Robinson
• The Jenius
• The Swoose
• Harry's Mad
• Dinosaur Trouble

Key details

• 10-book collection set
• By Dick King-Smith
• Includes ten individually titled stories

Synopses

The Sheep-pig

When Babe, an orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, a kind-hearted sheep-dog. Determined to learn, Babe sets out to understand everything he can from Fly.

The Hodgeheg

Max the hedgehog lives with his family in a pleasant home, but it is on the wrong side of the road from the Park. On the other side are a lily pond and plenty of slugs, worms and snails.

The Invisible Dog

A little girl who desperately wants a dog brings an imaginary Great Dane called Henry into her home. Her wish changes when she is allowed a real Henry.

The Golden Goose

Farmer Skint has no luck on his farm until a goose lays a golden egg. The egg hatches into a golden gosling.

Smasher

When Farmer Buzzard’s collie, Kay, has four puppies, he is unsure what to do. Three are fine puppies that he can sell.

The Mouse Family Robinson

Beaumont Robinson, an inquisitive young mouse, is nearly killed by the cat. After the close call, his family decide there is only one thing to do.

The Jenius

Judy’s classmates snigger when she says guinea pigs are brainy. When her guinea pigs have a baby son, she names him Jenius and begins training him to prove her point.

The Swoose

Fitzherbert’s mother is a goose and his father was a swan. That makes Fitzherbert a swoose.

Harry's Mad

Harry is not pleased when he inherits a parrot from Great-Uncle George. Maddison, however, is no ordinary parrot.

Dinosaur Trouble

A Tyrannosaurus rex is scaring the dinosaur families living on the Great Plain. The trouble spreads across their home.