The School Mouse - Dick King - Dick King-Smith > Reviews

Advantages: Highly entertaining and great fun --- kids might even like it too
Disadvantages: None

...that time of year again, the season of Goodwill and Peace on Earth. Or as I prefer to think of it, the period of excessive consumerism and blatant greed that sends the old bank balance into a nosedive. Still, you've got to humour the little monst...children, haven't you? I first encountered Dick King-Smith when I noticed my son was thoroughly engrossed in a book and wouldn't put it down until he was finished. "Wonderful." I thought, "He's ... Read review

Advantages: Tragically, “Goodbye,” she said softly, but Sweet William was too busy gorging himself to answer.
Disadvantages: You really need to find a quiet spot to lose yourself in this irresistible story.

...lived in a hole over the Teacher’s desk in the Infants’ classroom. When the children were big enough to be sent out into the wide world, Hyacinth decided to move to a new, warmer home. Flora then made the decision that was to change the course of all of their lives - she remained in the Infants’ classroom in order to continue learning to read. Her parents didn’t understand, her mother made her disapproval clear, Robin just ... Read review