Babe the Gallant Pig

Contributor(s): King-Smith, Dick (Author), Manwill Kashiwagi, Melissa (Illustrator)

ISBN: 9780679873938

Publisher: Yearling Books

Binding Types:

Paperback

$7.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$20.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$19.74 (100+ copies: $18.99)

List/retail price:

$7.99

Pub Date: July 18, 1995

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 84011429

Lexile Code: 0980

Features: Illustrated, Movie/TV Tie-In, Price on Product, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: 06 to 09

Physical Info: 0.40" H x 7.70" L x 5.25" W ( 0.15 lbs) 118 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Farm Animals

Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Pigs

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000000205 ( Babe the Gallant Pig)

Reading level: 5.60

Interest level: MG

Point value: 3.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: Farmer Hogget's old sheepdog, Fly, adopts a piglet she names Babe and is astonished at how quickly he learns all she has to teach him. But plucky little Babe has even more surprises in store--and the farm will never be the same again. Basis for the 1995 film.

Review Quotes: An ALA Notable Book

A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book

A Horn Book Fanfare Honor Book

An IRA-CBC Children's Choice

An NCTE Teachers' Choice

"A hilarious fantasy about a plucky piglet that learns how to tend sheep, Babe is a barnyard charmer." --The Washington Post on the film adaptation

"An animal fantasy which will inevitably be compared to Charlotte's Web. . . . A splendid book." --The Horn Book, starred review

"Impossible to resist." --Booklist, starred review

"One of the most delightful children's authors." --The Guardian on Dick King-Smith

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