For a generous commission, ex-prizewinning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger immediately following the auction, when he receives a blow to the head by two thugs demanding ownership of the [...]

The Sheep-pig is one of Dick King-Smith's most famous tales. It shot to further fame when the film adaptation, Babe, was released in 1995. 'Why can't I learn to be a Sheep-Pig?' When Babe, the little orphaned piglet, is won at a fair by Farmer Hogget, he is adopted by Fly, the kind-hearted sheep-dog[...]

Hares don't talk. Everyone knows that. But the hare Harriet meets one morning in a corn circle in her father's wheatfield is a very unusual hare: a visitor from the far-off planet Pars, come to spend his holidays on Earth in the form of a talking hare. And, as the summer draws to its close, he has o[...]

"Out of the way, Titch!" Omnibombulator is a very small beetle - so small that his parents give him a really long name to make him feel important. It doesn't seem to help. Earwigs and woodlice still push poor Omnibombulator around, and snails walk across him, making him all slimy.[...]

The Language of Horses will help a rider use the knowledge of equine characteristics to initiate communication and create successful interaction in a way the horse can understand.[...]

Contemporary / British English (Available February 2008) One day, Farmer Hogget wins a young pig. He likes the pig, but he is a sheep farmer not a pig farmer. Mrs Hogget wants the pig for the dinner table. The little pig has other ideas, and he's a very clever pig ...[...]

Lottavim and Normus do everything together: waking up, going to sleep, even sneezing. So when they reach the age of twenty and the height of twelve feet, it's not surprising that they each think the same thought at exactly the same time: "It's about time I found a wife!" But is it possible to find n[...]

""I want to sail the seas," said Jackson. "I want to see the world. "" Jackson is a very unusual rabbit a rabbit with a dream. He spends his days watching the tall sailing-ships coming and going. He "longs" to go to sea too. So one day with his girlfriend, Bunny Jackson stows away on the Atalanta an[...]

Small, but very determined, Sophie loves animals and is going to be a farmer when she grows up. In this book she gets a dog that she calls "Puddle", makes friends with a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig and has her first ride on a pony![...]

"Kirstie och hennes lillebror Angus kommer hem med ett egendomligt ägg som de har hittat. Dagen därpå upptäcker de en liten varelse som simmar runt i badkaret. Den ser ut som en blandning av häst, groda, krokodil och sköldpadda. Bara morfar förstår vad det egentligen är - en vattenhäst. De[...]