Dick King-Smith
6) The stray
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When seventy-five-year-old Henny Hickathrift runs away from the old people's home, she meets five children and their parents who welcome her into their family.
7) Mr. Ape
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A wealthy old man living alone in his enormous home meets a Gypsy father and son, adopts many animals, and finally learns the true meaning of family.
10) The catlady
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Muriel Ponsonby, the Catlady, lives with dozens of cats, many of whom she believes are reincarnated friends, relatives, and even royalty.
12) Hairy Hezekiah
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A lonely Bactrian camel sets out in search of a friend, but after being threatened, laughed at, and insulted by other animals at the zoo and unknowingly wreaking havoc in the English countryside, he finds a real home and true friend at a safari park.
13) Spider sparrow
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Spider, a baby abandoned on an English farm, grows up to be mentally slower than other children but manifests a remarkable talent for communicating with animals as he comes of age during World War II.
14) Sophie hits six
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The year that Sophie turns six, she sees her cat give birth to kittens, gets a pet rabbit from her Aunt Al, and pursues her dream of acquiring a dog. Sequel to "Sophie's Snail" and "Sophie's Tom."
15) Horse Pie
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"Captain, Ladybird and Herbert -- two Shire horses and a Suffolk Punch -- are not pleased when Jenny, a retired seaside donkey, arrives at the Old Horses' Home. It's supposed to be a home for horses, and they don't want to share their field with a common little donkey. Then rustlers are spotted in the area: thieves who like nothing better than to steal horses and ship them abroad -- to be made into horse pie! Can Jenny and her friends save the huge...
17) Funny Frank
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Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true.
19) Harry's Mad
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An african grey parrot is the last thing that Harry Holdsworth expects to inherit from Great-Uncle George. Who wants a pet bird when you're hoping for a treasure chest? Certainly not Harry - until Mad opens his beak and starts to speak!
20) Lady Lollipop
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A quick-witted swineherd and a pig named Lollipop are royally rewarded after they reform a spoiled princess.