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The Schoolmouse

The Schoolmouse( )
Author: King-Smith, Dick
Series title:Puffin Fiction Ser.
ISBN:978-0-14-036524-5
Publication Date:Nov 1995
Publisher:Penguin Books, Limited
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $11.95
Book Description:

Flora was born on the first day of term in the new school year, which might be why she’s a very special mouse indeed – a mouse who has taught herself to read! Flora lives in a classroom, and is determined to learn all sorts of things that no mouse has ever learned before. Her family is horrified at first, but then Flora’s reading saves their lives …

Book Details
Pages:144
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, Etc.
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):11.43 x 18.415 x 0.914 cm
Book Weight:0.17 Kilograms
Author Biography
King-Smith, Dick (Author)
Dick King-Smith was born on March 27, 1922 in Bitten, Gloucestershire, England. Before becoming a full-time author, he was a farmer and a schoolteacher. He served in the Grenadier Guards during World War II and attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire.

He has written over 100 children's books including The Fox Busters, The Hodgeheg, and The Sheep Pig (aka Babe-The Gallant Pig), which was adapted as the 1995 film Babe. The 1995 TV miniseries The Queen's Nose was also based in one of his books. He was voted Children's Author of the Year at the 1991 British Book Awards. He died on January 4, 2011 at the age of 88.

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