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Dumpling wishes she was long and sausage-shaped like her two brothers and other dachshunds, instead of being short and stumpy. One day she goes to the woods and meets a witch's cat who grants Dumpling her wish, but the spell goes wrong and Dumpling gets longer and longer! She's very happy to return to her own shape again.
About the Author
Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, and afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the county of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. Later he taught at a village primary school. His first book, The Fox Busters, was published in 1978. He wrote a great number of children's books, including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award and filmed as Babe), Harry's Mad, Noah's Brother, The Hodgeheg, Martin's Mice, Ace, The Cuckoo Child and Harriet's Hare (winner of the Children's Book Award in 1995). At the British Book Awards in 1991 he was voted Children's Author of the Year. In 2009 he was made OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight.
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"Oh, how I long to be long!" said Dumpling. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
"Oh, how I long to be long!" said Dumpling. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
By Sam Turner
Short old Dumpling, or is she? Can't tell you the whole story, it's quite long!
It all happened in a beautiful garden and a spooky spook forest.
Dumpling bumps into a mysterious cat, a black cat who seems to be a witches cat. He grants Dumpling a wish, which turns out to be a long nightmare!
My favourite bit is when Dumpling sneaks through a hole, just to have a walk.
At the end, Dumpling comes back short as ever. It was only a short walk, if you know what I mean!
By Mahir Taher
Dumpling is the main character and she wants to be tremendously long like her brothers Joker and Thinker. Thinker likes to think more than joke around and Joker likes to joke around more than to think.
It is set in a calm country garden and a creepy forest with a witch's cat.
Dumpling tries to get long. She meets a mysterious black cat in the woods. The cat granted her a wish to be long, but it went terribly wrong. Can Dumpling every get short again .........
My favourite part in the story is when she goes round the tree and meets her tail.
Dumpling gets short again, but what will happen after? You will have to find out ......
Short old Dumpling, or is she? Can't tell you the whole story, it's quite long!
It all happened in a beautiful garden and a spooky spook forest.
Dumpling bumps into a mysterious cat, a black cat who seems to be a witches cat. He grants Dumpling a wish, which turns out to be a long nightmare!
My favourite bit is when Dumpling sneaks through a hole, just to have a walk.
At the end, Dumpling comes back short as ever. It was only a short walk, if you know what I mean!
By Mahir Taher
Dumpling is the main character and she wants to be tremendously long like her brothers Joker and Thinker. Thinker likes to think more than joke around and Joker likes to joke around more than to think.
It is set in a calm country garden and a creepy forest with a witch's cat.
Dumpling tries to get long. She meets a mysterious black cat in the woods. The cat granted her a wish to be long, but it went terribly wrong. Can Dumpling every get short again .........
My favourite part in the story is when she goes round the tree and meets her tail.
Dumpling gets short again, but what will happen after? You will have to find out ......
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
the main characers are dumpling,joker and thinker. my favorite bit of
the story is when dumpling meets a black cat and when he got turned
longer he could not see his tale and he has to wrap round a tree to meet his tale on the other side of it.
from alex bishop,age 7
the story is when dumpling meets a black cat and when he got turned
longer he could not see his tale and he has to wrap round a tree to meet his tale on the other side of it.
from alex bishop,age 7
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The main characters are Jocker, Thinker and dumpling.
Dumpling grows long and wants to get short again and likes how she is short.
My favourite parties in the middle.
by Diran
Dumpling grows long and wants to get short again and likes how she is short.
My favourite parties in the middle.
by Diran
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Dumpling - the long and the short of it!
Once again, Dick King-Smith (author of Sheep-Pig [a.k.a. Babe]) has provided a delightful story, which is suitable for Developing Readers, although confident readers might well... Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2009 by Jean Michel
Appalling. Have had to tick one star but would prefer to tick NO...
Didn't ever receive book and despite contacting seller I have never had any replies to several emails regarding this. Read more
Published on 14 Feb 2009 by Ms. S. J. Rolph
Dumpling
A lovely book for developing readers witha good moral message- be happy with your differences!
Published on 27 Jan 2009
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