A wonderful collection that traces Dick King-Smith’s journey from boy to farmer, from soldier to favourite children’s author. He is always accompanied by an assortment of animal friends, from Dodo the TV-star Daschund to a cabbage-eating shark; from a night of badger-biffing to a cat with one hundred and four kittens; from the cat who thinks he’s one of the dogs to a dog who fosters orphaned kittens . . .