Two tales about two kids each with a surprising way of speech. Where other babies begin with Mum and Dad, Connie begins with One, two, three. As she turns into a human calculator, her parents find some serious drawbacks. And Rollo speaks in rhyme - can life be lived completely in verse?
After serving as a soldier in World War II, Dick King-Smith became a farmer and then a teacher of English. His first book, The Fox Busters, was published in 1978 and he went on to become one of the most prolific English writers for children. He is best known for The Sheep-Pig, which was adapted into the movie Babe in 1995, and won the 1984 Guardian Children'
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