The Fox Busters

by Dick King-Smith

Published 6 April 1978
Flightless, helpless and often, frankly, more than a little silly, chickens are no match for the cunning, merciless foxes stalking their coop. Or are they?

Thanks to a careless farmer and generations of determined foxes, the chickens on Foxearth Farm have evolved into quick-witted, long-legged, high flying fox dodgers. Then, just a week after a vicious fox ambush in the water trough, three sisters are hatched. And Ransome, Sims and Jefferies are no ordinary chicks: they grow up determined to fight back. They are the legendary Fox Busters …

Animal Stories

by Dick King-Smith

Published 6 March 1997
A collection of animal stories by Dick King-Smith, including two new stories, an extract from The Sheep-Pig, two extracts from the Hodgeheg stories and three complete stories from A Narrow Squeak.