9 Stories by - Dick King-Smith torrent

Category: Children, Humor
Language: EnglishKeywords: Adventure Language
Written by Dick King-Smith
Read by Nathaniel Parker, Andrew Sachs, Josie Lawrence, Stanley McGeagh, Sophie Thompson, Stephen Thorne,
Format: MP3
Bitrate: Mixed
Unabridged
· All Because of Jackson
· Narrated by: Sophie Thompson
· Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
· Release date: 04-19-07
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Mary’s little brother, Billy, seems perfectly normal, until one moonlit evening Mary finds him floating above his bed. From then on, whenever the full moon rises, Billy the Bird flies up, up, and away and home again!
In the second story, Jackson is a rabbit with a dream. He spends his days watching the tall sailing ships coming and longs to go to sea, too. So one day Jackson stows away on the Atalanta.
· Babe, The Sheep-Pig aka Babe, the Gallent Pig
· Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
· Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
· Release date: 05-13-11
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.
When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can’t be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep-pig.
· Funny Frank
· Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
· Length: 1 hr
· Release date: 07-01-14
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Being a duck isn’t all it’s quacked up to be.
But don’t try telling that to Frank–he’s a chicken with a dream. All he thinks about are webbed feet, waterproof feathers, and the cool water of the pond. So when Frank takes a dip and nearly drowns, his mood turns foul. Luckily, he gets a little human help–in the form of a man-made wet suit and a pair of flippers–and soon he’s the speediest bird in the water. And while Frank knows he’s ruffled a few feathers, he doesn’t care–there’s just too much for him to crow about. —–Until a certain young chick catches his eye, that is. . . .
September 1, 2003
“This cheery twist on the ugly duckling story finds a barnyard chick longing to be a duck,” wrote PW, praising its “chipper dialogue, generous helpings of humor and a lickety-split plot.”
· Dinosaur Trouble
· Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
· Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
· Release date: 11-01-14
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
SOMETIMES THE MOST UNLIKELY PAIRS MAKE THE BEST OF FRIENDS.
A hilarious prehistoric yarn for newly-independent readers from a master of children’s animal stories.
All pterodactyls know that flying dinosaurs are superior, and all apatosauruses know that any dinosaur with only two legs is surely second-class. Nosy, a pterodactyl, and Banty, an apatosaurus, become great friends even though their parents have forbidden them to play together. With Nosy’s fast flying and Banty’s smarts, the two take on the biggest predator on the Great Plain, their parents common foe a T. rex named Hack the Ripper and conquer their parents’ prejudices in one great adventure.
“The lessons about friendship, working together, and not prejudging others are not subtle, but the story is engaging and fun and readers will not mind the messages. Children are also likely to learn new words as Nosy’s mother speaks with a highly inflated vocabulary. “We are, after all aeronauts of remarkable facility and versatility.” Luckily, most of her words have to be explained/translated for the other dinosaurs.”— Library Journal
· George Speaks
· Narrated by: Stanley McGeagh
· Length: 45 mins
· Release date: 08-01-14
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
This is the hilarious story of a family turned upside-down by an unusually gifted (and demanding) infant.
Laura is amazed when her baby brother George starts talking to her when he’s only four weeks old, particularly as he sounds like a grown-up! It’s a big secret to keep from their parents and the rest of the family and leads to all sorts of comic confusion until George’s first birthday - when he makes a speech to his startled family.
· Paddy’s Pot of Gold
· Narrated by: Josie Lawrence
· Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
· Release date: 03-30-09
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.
When Brigid sees a tiny carrot moving about in the garden she can’t believe her eyes. When the carrot turns out to be a tiny leprechaun, she can’t believe her luck. She is the only human who can see him - but where is his pot of gold?
· The Adventurous Snail
· Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
· Length: 48 mins
· Release date: 01-02-15
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
Snail on board! Siegfried loves to explore. One day his explorations take him on a big adventure – from his home in the grass, to the airport, on to an aeroplane and all the way to America!
There he makes some very important friends, Mr Ambassador and Mr President, finds a new home in a sandwich box – and also meets the lovely Peggy Sue
· The Catlady
· Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
· Length: 56 mins
· Release date: 07-01-14
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd
In this warm-hearted tale set in 1901, an eccentric elderly woman shares her late parents’ home with 20 cats. The felines dine with her at the table and curl up on her bed, where, “with her rather sharp features, green eyes, and gray hair tied back to show her somewhat pointed ears,” the sleeping woman herself “looked much like a giant cat.” Muriel Ponsonby’s rapport with her brood takes on a diverting dimension: she believes in reincarnation, and some of these furry companions are deceased friends, family members (including her parents) and even Queen Victoria—come back as felines.
Born on the same day this monarch died, Vicky adds humor to the narrative, waddling “regally” and speaking haughtily in the royal we (”We do not have enough attention paid to us. We are, after all, the most important cat in the house—in the land, indeed”). Mary, an orphan, moves in and helps look after the menagerie, and later inherits Muriel’s home and pets when the woman passes away. Shrewd readers will anticipate that the event is less sad than it might be, in a house where spirits are reborn; indeed, six months later, “a gray cat… with a sharp face and green eyes and rather pointed ears” marches into the house and leaps onto Muriel’s bed.
· The Water Horse
· Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
· Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
· Release date: 01-22-08
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.
The story of how the Loch Ness monster finds his home, thanks to the human family that raises him.
Publishers Weekly..August 31, 1998
Tweaking Scottish legend, King-Smith fabricates a just-shy-of-believable fantasy about the origins of the Loch Ness monster. The story, set in the early 1930s, begins as eight-year-old Kirstie finds what looks like an oversize fish egg washed up on the seashore after a violent storm. She and her younger brother Angus tote it home, and next morning out hatches an odd-looking creature that their grandfather informs them is a kelpie, or water horse, a staple of Scottish folklore. Thanks in part to a steady supply of sardines and chocolate chip cookies, the “beastie” grows by leaps and bounds, dwarfing the family’s bathtub, goldfish pond and a nearby lake, and in the end is transported secretly to his final home (which King-Smith refrains from naming until the very end).
Told partly from the kelpie’s point of view, the story perks along with seeming effortlessness. The cozy domestic formula that has worked well for King-Smith in other venues translates smoothly to this setting, and the author again achieves just the right balance between action, snappy dialogue and deft characterization.
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· All Because of Jackson
· Narrated by: Sophie Thompson
· Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
· Release date: 04-19-07
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Mary’s little brother, Billy, seems perfectly normal, until one moonlit evening Mary finds him floating above his bed. From then on, whenever the full moon rises, Billy the Bird flies up, up, and away and home again!

In the second story, Jackson is a rabbit with a dream. He spends his days watching the tall sailing ships coming and longs to go to sea, too. So one day Jackson stows away on the Atalanta.

· Babe, The Sheep-Pig aka Babe, the Gallent Pig
· Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
· Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
· Release date: 05-13-11
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.

When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog. Babe is determined to learn everything he can from Fly. He knows he can’t be a sheep-dog. But maybe, just maybe, he might be a sheep-pig.

· Funny Frank
· Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
· Length: 1 hr
· Release date: 07-01-14
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Being a duck isn’t all it’s quacked up to be.

But don’t try telling that to Frank–he’s a chicken with a dream. All he thinks about are webbed feet, waterproof feathers, and the cool water of the pond. So when Frank takes a dip and nearly drowns, his mood turns foul. Luckily, he gets a little human help–in the form of a man-made wet suit and a pair of flippers–and soon he’s the speediest bird in the water. And while Frank knows he’s ruffled a few feathers, he doesn’t care–there’s just too much for him to crow about. —–Until a certain young chick catches his eye, that is. . . .

September 1, 2003
“This cheery twist on the ugly duckling story finds a barnyard chick longing to be a duck,” wrote PW, praising its “chipper dialogue, generous helpings of humor and a lickety-split plot.”

· Dinosaur Trouble
· Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
· Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
· Release date: 11-01-14
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

SOMETIMES THE MOST UNLIKELY PAIRS MAKE THE BEST OF FRIENDS.

A hilarious prehistoric yarn for newly-independent readers from a master of children’s animal stories.

All pterodactyls know that flying dinosaurs are superior, and all apatosauruses know that any dinosaur with only two legs is surely second-class. Nosy, a pterodactyl, and Banty, an apatosaurus, become great friends even though their parents have forbidden them to play together. With Nosy’s fast flying and Banty’s smarts, the two take on the biggest predator on the Great Plain, their parents common foe a T. rex named Hack the Ripper and conquer their parents’ prejudices in one great adventure.

“The lessons about friendship, working together, and not prejudging others are not subtle, but the story is engaging and fun and readers will not mind the messages. Children are also likely to learn new words as Nosy’s mother speaks with a highly inflated vocabulary. “We are, after all aeronauts of remarkable facility and versatility.” Luckily, most of her words have to be explained/translated for the other dinosaurs.”— Library Journal

· George Speaks
· Narrated by: Stanley McGeagh
· Length: 45 mins
· Release date: 08-01-14
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

This is the hilarious story of a family turned upside-down by an unusually gifted (and demanding) infant.

Laura is amazed when her baby brother George starts talking to her when he’s only four weeks old, particularly as he sounds like a grown-up! It’s a big secret to keep from their parents and the rest of the family and leads to all sorts of comic confusion until George’s first birthday - when he makes a speech to his startled family.

· Paddy’s Pot of Gold
· Narrated by: Josie Lawrence
· Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
· Release date: 03-30-09
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.

When Brigid sees a tiny carrot moving about in the garden she can’t believe her eyes. When the carrot turns out to be a tiny leprechaun, she can’t believe her luck. She is the only human who can see him - but where is his pot of gold?

· The Adventurous Snail
· Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
· Length: 48 mins
· Release date: 01-02-15
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Snail on board! Siegfried loves to explore. One day his explorations take him on a big adventure – from his home in the grass, to the airport, on to an aeroplane and all the way to America!

There he makes some very important friends, Mr Ambassador and Mr President, finds a new home in a sandwich box – and also meets the lovely Peggy Sue

· The Catlady
· Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
· Length: 56 mins
· Release date: 07-01-14
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

In this warm-hearted tale set in 1901, an eccentric elderly woman shares her late parents’ home with 20 cats. The felines dine with her at the table and curl up on her bed, where, “with her rather sharp features, green eyes, and gray hair tied back to show her somewhat pointed ears,” the sleeping woman herself “looked much like a giant cat.” Muriel Ponsonby’s rapport with her brood takes on a diverting dimension: she believes in reincarnation, and some of these furry companions are deceased friends, family members (including her parents) and even Queen Victoria—come back as felines.

Born on the same day this monarch died, Vicky adds humor to the narrative, waddling “regally” and speaking haughtily in the royal we (”We do not have enough attention paid to us. We are, after all, the most important cat in the house—in the land, indeed”). Mary, an orphan, moves in and helps look after the menagerie, and later inherits Muriel’s home and pets when the woman passes away. Shrewd readers will anticipate that the event is less sad than it might be, in a house where spirits are reborn; indeed, six months later, “a gray cat… with a sharp face and green eyes and rather pointed ears” marches into the house and leaps onto Muriel’s bed.

· The Water Horse
· Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
· Length: 1 hr and 31 mins
· Release date: 01-22-08
· Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd.

The story of how the Loch Ness monster finds his home, thanks to the human family that raises him.

Publishers Weekly..August 31, 1998
Tweaking Scottish legend, King-Smith fabricates a just-shy-of-believable fantasy about the origins of the Loch Ness monster. The story, set in the early 1930s, begins as eight-year-old Kirstie finds what looks like an oversize fish egg washed up on the seashore after a violent storm. She and her younger brother Angus tote it home, and next morning out hatches an odd-looking creature that their grandfather informs them is a kelpie, or water horse, a staple of Scottish folklore. Thanks in part to a steady supply of sardines and chocolate chip cookies, the “beastie” grows by leaps and bounds, dwarfing the family’s bathtub, goldfish pond and a nearby lake, and in the end is transported secretly to his final home (which King-Smith refrains from naming until the very end).
Told partly from the kelpie’s point of view, the story perks along with seeming effortlessness. The cozy domestic formula that has worked well for King-Smith in other venues translates smoothly to this setting, and the author again achieves just the right balance between action, snappy dialogue and deft characterization.

If you have others, please upload.

Note: If anyone wants to try a complete collection, there is a 10 disk CD out there.