The Water Horse

Suitable for 7 – 9 years

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One morning, after a great storm, a mysterious egg washes up on a Scottish beach. Kirstie and Angus take the egg home… and it hatches into a tiny grey-green creature with a horse’s head, four flippers and a crocodile’s tail! The baby sea-monster soon becomes the family pet. The only trouble is that it just won’t stop growing… Dick King-Smith’s magnificent talent for creating rich, involving fiction from simple animal stories shines through once again in this beautiful book. Blending myths of Nessie and sea-monsters into a family story full of human drama, this delightfully warm tale will be snapped up by children who have seen the recent film.

Product Details

Catalogue number

2620 in Schools Catalogue 2026

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780141302232

Publisher

Puffin

Date published

January 3rd, 2008

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 5.4; Middle years; 2.0 points

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  • 96 pages

Condition

New

Author/Illustrator

Dick King-Smith

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Dick King-Smith was born and raised in Gloucestershire, surrounded by pet animals. After twenty years as a farmer, he turned to teaching and then to writing children’s books. Dick’s love of animals and farmyard life shines through in his stories. His gentle, accessible stories are ideal for young readers, blending humour and fantasy with useful lessons about life and the world.

Among his best-loved books is Babe, The Sheep Pig, which became a major film and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Dick died in January 2011, aged 88.

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  1. banana10
    on 18 October 2009

    Water Horse

    This is the best book I have read in my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!You must read this right now!

    5 out of 5

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