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Originally the other animals besides the hen consist of a rat, a cat, a dog, a duck, and a pig. [1] Later adaptations often reduce the number of other animals to three. The story was likely intended as a literature primer for young readers, but departed from highly moralistic, often religious stories written for the same purpose.
The farm, seemingly a sheep and dairy property, is owned by Mr and Mrs Smiles, who have two children, Joy and Bob, but the central characters of the stories are various animals. Most of the animals, although depicted at their normal size, appear to speak English and interact with the human characters. The series of stories include: Emily the Goat
Set in rural England, where King-Smith spent twenty years as a farmer, it features a lone pig on a sheep farm. King-Smith won the 1984 Guardian Children's Fiction Award, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers. [4] [5] Crown published the first US edition in 1985, retaining the Rayner illustrations. [3]
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The Incredible Journey (1961), by Scottish author Sheila Burnford, is a children's book first published by Hodder & Stoughton, which tells the story of three pets as they travel 300 miles (480 km) through the Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved masters. It depicts the suffering and stress of an arduous journey, together with the ...
Big Barn Farm is a British live-action and animated children's comedy television series following the lives of four young animals on a farm which uses a combination of live-action and animation. [2] It was produced by The Foundation and commissioned by Michael Carrington for the BBC children's channel CBeebies .
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The terms bull, cow and calf are also used by extension to denote the sex or age of other large animals, including whales, hippopotamus, camels, elk and elephants. Various other terms for cattle or types thereof are historical; these include nowt, nolt, mart, and others.