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From Google Books: A piglet comes to Farmer Hogget's farm, where he is adopted by an old sheepdog and accomplishes amazing things. Babe is perfect to introduce a new generation of readers to the magical story of a pig like no other. ~~~ From Wikipedia: Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, Hon.M.Ed. (27 March 1922 - 4 January 2011),[1] better known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, was a prolific English c... More

From Google Books: A piglet comes to Farmer Hogget's farm, where he is adopted by an old sheepdog and accomplishes amazing things. Babe is perfect to introduce a new generation of readers to the magical story of a pig like no other. ~~~ From Wikipedia: Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE, Hon.M.Ed. (27 March 1922 - 4 January 2011),[1] better known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, was a prolific English children's author, best known for writing The Sheep-Pig, retitled in the United States as Babe the Gallant Pig, on which the movie Babe was based. He was awarded an Honorary Master of Education degree by the University of the West of England in 1999[2] and appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours.[3][4] ~~~ Babe is a 1995 Australian-American film directed by Chris Noonan. It is an adaptation of the 1983 novel The Sheep-Pig, also known as Babe: The Gallant Pig in the United States, by Dick King-Smith and tells the story of a pig who wants to be a sheepdog. The main animal characters are played by a combination of real and animatronic pigs and Border Collies.[2] ~~~ Babe was filmed in Robertson, New South Wales, Australia.[3] The talking-animal visual effects were done by Rhythm & Hues Studios and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. Although the setting and style of the film are distinctly British/Australasian pastoral, many of the human speaking parts were overdubbed from Australian to American accents for popular acceptance in the American film market. The film was re-released on Blu-ray Disc in 2012 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Universal Studios. ~~~ The film was a critical and box office success and was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, but lost to Braveheart. The success of the film launched a sequel, Babe: Pig in the City, which was released in 1998 to mixed reviews.

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