Ambrose Follows His Nose

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Published to mark the centenary of his birth, a recently discovered adventure by Dick King-Smith, completed by his great granddaughter Josie Rogers. Ambrose is a curious young rabbit with a super sense of smell! When Ambrose meets Biddy, the sparky young niece of his caring owner Jim, the two quickly become friends and Biddy pleads to adopt Ambrose as her pet. Biddy trains Ambrose as a tracker rabbit and his skills are soon put to the test when his sister Roly goes missing. But when Biddy's family find themselves in real danger, can Ambrose and his extraordinary nose save the day?

Dick King-Smith (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. 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, The Hodgeheg, Martin's Mice, The Invisible Dog, The Queen's Nose and The Crowstarver. 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.