Fresh from his foray into Hollywood stardom, Babe gets a new cover for the Knopf Paperbacks line. 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 story featuring Babe, the talking pig, aimed at younger readers. Part of the BABE THE SHEEP PIG series.

The tale of high adventure in the farmyard that became the hit movie Babe is a captivating play for children young and old. A leading writer of children's plays brings the heartwarming story of the piglet who rises to fame at the Grand Challenge Sheep Dog Trials to the stage in a dramatization that allows for flexible casting.-Large flexible cast

Babe the pig gets into mischief when he tries to help out with chores on the farm.

'Can all animals talk?' Jack asked. 'Well, of course they can,' said Boadicea the Shetland Pony. 'We're not idiots, you know.' ---------- Jack is a very small and bendy boy. So small and bendy, that he can hide inside his own school bag! Other than bending and hiding, his favourite thing to do is to go to Old Mr Mudge's junkyard and ride the horses, Lightning and Boadicea. It's definitely better than going home to his drippy Aunt Violet, smelly Uncle Ted and evil cousin Kelly. But when he (accidentally) runs away, he finds himself on an adventure to free his mum from prison- with the help of a lot of talking animals! Filled with excitement, fun and far too much horse poo, this is the hilarious new story from national treasure Ade Edmondson, author of Tilly and the Time Machine.

Inspired by the movie, this is the story of how Babe first became a sheep pig and won the hearts of people all around the world. Young readers will be able to follow Babe's tale and words of wisdom from beginning to end, in this bright Beginner Books edition, told in Babe's own words.

The Hoggetts go out for the evening and leave Babe to play watchdog. After a few false alarms, two real robbers get into the farmhouse. Now it's up to Babe and his pals to catch them! With 64 pages of funny text and illustrations on every spread, this is the perfect book to capture the attention of a beginning reader moving on to a more advanced Stepping Stone(TM) Book.