Ace, the Very Important Pig

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Crown Publishers, 1990 - Juvenile Fiction - 134 pages
Farmer Tubbs' amazing pig, Ace of Clubs, eventually winds up on television for his cleverness.

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A Pig with a Mark
1
A Pig and a Goat
16
A Pig with a Plan
36
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Ace, the Very Important Pig
Dick King-Smith
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Ace lay Ace of Clubs Ace stood Ace thought Ace's animals armchair asked Nanny beer black marking bleat box stall bright eyes bucket Buckingham Palace Bull called Channel Four cider Clar corgis crib d'you think drink Dummerset ence enjoy Farmer Tubbs farmhouse funny go to market half pint half-door heard Hester Jantzen house pig hurried IMPORTANT PIG Jerry large pig left side living room look Look and Read ma'am magic box market day milking mind morning never nice night Noblesse oblige old goat pickup truck pig's police officer queen royal Sandringham seat belt sheep sitting sleep snout sound squeal stared studio Sunday switch tail talking Ted Tubbs's Ted's television telly There's thing Tom and Jerry trotter Tubbs told turned understand voice wait walked watching What's white cat You'm young Ace

About the author (1990)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleAce, the Very Important Pig
AuthorDick King-Smith
Illustrated byLynette Hemmant
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherCrown Publishers, 1990
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedAug 28, 2009
ISBN0517578336, 9780517578339
Length134 pages
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Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Pigs
  
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