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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  DICK KING-SMITH was a Gloucestershire farmer until the age of 45, when he gave up farming to become a primary school teacher. Now a bestselling full-time author, his work has received many awards including a Bronze Medal for the Smarties Prize of l997 for All Because of Jackson and the Children’s Book Award in l995 for Harriet’s Hare. In l992, he was also voted Children’s Author of the Year. In l995, his top-selling title The Sheep-Pig was developed into a box-office movie, BABE, introducing hundreds of thousands of youngsters to his work.

  Other titles available by Dick King-Smith, award-winning author

  and creator of Babe:

  From Corgi Pups, for beginner readers

  Happy Mouseday

  From Young Corgi books

  Funny Frank

  The Guard Dog

  Horse Pie

  All Because of Jackson

  The Adventurous Snail

  The Catlady

  Billy the Bird

  E.S.P.

  Titus Rules OK

  Hairy Hezekiah

  Ninnyhammer

  From Corgi Yearling Books

  A Mouse Called Wolf

  Mr Ape

  From Corgi Books, for older readers

  Godhanger

  The Crowstarver

  HARRIET’S HARE

  AN RHCP DIGITAL EBOOK 9781407099217

  Published in Great Britain by RHCP Digital,

  an imprint of Random House Children’s Publishers UK

  A Random House Group Company

  This ebook edition published 2012

  Illustrations copyright © Valerie Littlewood, 1994

  Copyright © Fox Busters Ltd, 1998

  First published in Great Britain by Doubleday

  Corgi 2010

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