King-Smith, Dick

Max the hedgehog is caught by two scientists who "crown" him with a transmitter.

Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true.

A Scottish boy named Angus MacMorrow discovers a strange egg in a tide pool and finds himself caring for a reptilian creature linked to an old legend.

With the unknowing help of his pet geese, eight-year-old Jack Daw decides to raise an ostrich on his father's farm.

Having been coached in swimming by a duck and an otter, a runt piglet with deformed front feet becomes a hero when their farm is flooded.

Tod Golightly, a young highwayman, finds his fortune with the help of four loyal animal friends.

A baby mouse who won't stop growing is carried off by the rat catcher and begins a series of adventures.

When she is not allowed to have a pet parrot, Aligail teaches a barnyard hen to talk.