# Animal Tales

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- Authors: [Dick King-Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/dick-king-smith)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2012-07-05
- Genres: Adventure / action fiction, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world

## Description

All Because of Jackson - Jackson is a very unusual rabbit - one who dreams of going to sea. So one day he stows away on the Atalanta and sails off in search of a new life . . . The Catlady - Muriel lives alone with lots and lots of cats. But Muriel's cats are no ordinary cats - they are people she once knew reincarnated in feline form! The Guard Dog - The story of a ragged little pup with a grand ambition - to be a guard dog. The other pups laugh at him. Could such a small and scruffy dog really guard a home? Hairy Hezekiah - Hezekiah lives a quiet life, and seems to be the only animal in the zoo without a friend. So he decides to escape and go on the run! Horse Pie - Jenny the donkey finds herself unwelcome at the Old Horses' Home, but when rustlers start looking for horses to make into pies, it's up to Jenny to save the day.

## Editions

### Animal Tales

- Publisher: Young Corgi
- ISBN: 978-05-5256-538-7
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2012-07-05
- Language: en_GB