num_pages: 208
description: A candid and very funny memoir from beloved children’s book author Dick King-Smith.Before he was a children’s book author, Dick King-Smith was a soldier, a farmer, a salesman, a factory worker, and a teacher. But he was always a devoted family man who loved the countryside he lived in and the animals he kept. In this insightful memoir, Dick King-Smith recounts the joys and failures of his life with equal humor and candor. And he remembers a delightful cast of animal characters–from Anna, the dachshund who turned out to be just stubborn, not deaf, to the 600-pound pig Monty, who liked to be scratched on top of his head, to Wilhelmina, a pet badger who was fond of love bites. As readers delight in recognizing the inspiration behind many of Dick King-Smith’s books, they’ll also see how a collection of experiences made a man a writer.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: Chewing the Cud: An Extraordinary Life Remembered by the Author of Babe: The Gallant Pig
titlecomplete: Chewing the Cud: An Extraordinary Life Remembered by the Author of Babe: The Gallant Pig
genres: Autobiography, Biography, Animals, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 68
publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers