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From the award-winning author of Babe, the Sheep-Pig comes the story of how the Loch Ness monster finds his home, thanks to the human family that raises him.

About the Author

Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the county of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. Later he taught at a village primary school. His first book, The Fox Busters, was published in 1978. He wrote a great number of children's books, including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award and filmed as Babe), Harry's Mad, Noah's Brother, The Hodgeheg, Martin's Mice, Ace, The Cuckoo Child and Harriet's Hare (winner of the Children's Book Award in 1995). At the British Book Awards in 1991 he was voted Children's Author of the Year. In 2009 he was made OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight. Nathaniel Parker is an English actor who has performed on stage, screen and television. He has appeared in several films such as The Bodyguard, Othello, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Haunted Mansion, Stardust, St. Trinian’s and The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader. On television he is best known for his work in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Merlin and Vanity Fair. Nathaniel has also narrated many audiobooks, such as Dick King-Smith’s The Water Horse, and has lent his voice to numerous video games and radio dramas.

Reviews

'It's an ideal family read-aloud.'
*The Horn Book Magazine*

'This well-written, fast-paced fantasy combines a popular subject with appealing, distinctive characters, humour, and drama. King-Smith's imaginative spin on an old myth makes the outrageous possible.'
*Booklist*

'King-Smith's obvious belief in the power of care and compassion informs this genial tale told from both the human and sea monster's perspectives; it's not one of his strongest stories, but will capture the fancies of his many fans.'
*Kirkus Reviews*