The School Mouse - Dick King - Dick King-Smith

It's approaching 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 showing some interest in literature. This'll be good for his intellectual development." Unfortunately, he was 25 at the time. Just kidding ... more

Hyacinth gave birth to her unusual daughter Flora, in an old country School House. Flora was one of her first ten children, for Flora was a Mouse. At that time, Hyacinth and Robin 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 ... more