The Merrythought

by Dick King-Smith, Frank Rodgers (Illustrator)

Everyone knows that if two people pull a wishbone (or merrythought), the one who ends up with the longer part makes a wish. But how often do those wishes come true? Nick decides to experiment and, by keeping the merrythought whole, he discovers a magical power that surprises even him.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Dick King-Smith was born and raised in Gloucestershire, England, surrounded by pet animals. After twenty years as a farmer, he turned to teaching and then to writing children's books.

Dick writes mostly about animals: farmyard fantasy, as he likes to call it, often about pigs, his special favorites. He enjoys writing for children, meeting the children who read his books, and knowing that they get enjoyment from what he does.

Among his well-loved books is Babe, The Gallant Pig, which was recently made into a major motion picture, and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Dick lived with his wife in a small 17th-century cottage, about three miles from the house where he was born.

Reviews

[[ J o ] · Rating 2 out of 5]

Much better than The Sheep-Pig (commonly known as Babe), but perhaps because I don't enjoy animals talking and this includes none of that. This is one of those children's books that has adult themes or concepts that is written well, though the story wasn't up to much. Countries and Schools would probably ban it.

[Sammy]

Good for children