Mysterious Miss Slade

by Dick King-Smith

Book Overview

From the beloved author ofBabe: The Gallant Pigcomes a funny and compassionate story about a mysterious neighbor and her many, many animals! All the village children think Miss Slade is a witch.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517800454
• ISBN13: 9780517800454
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 123 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 5

Customer Reviews

The Best Dick King-Smith Book

I have read many Dick King-Smith books including Babe and the Waterhorse. This is by far my favorite. It is a great story about loving people that are different than you and helping others and being yourself. I really recommend it.

A lovely, gently humorous story

Patsy, 8, and Jim, 6, befriend Miss Slade, a neighbor woman who lives in squalor with her six dogs, six cats, donkey, goats and chickens. This is a lovely, gently humorous story with delightful characters, both human and animal. Readers will rejoice when Miss Slade, helped by the kindness of the children and their parents, decides to "turn over a new leaf" on her 70th birthday. The book is generously and charmingly illustrated, too.

Hard to Put Down

This was a great book, and I couldn't put it down. It is a quick read, if you love mysteries. I was throughly in to it, and I really enjoyed it.

Wonderfully Quirky Miss Slade

Miss Slade has lived in Blackberry Bottom for as long as anyone can remember...but who is she really? Everyone believes she's a witch, or at least someone who's "a bit touched in the head" and steers clear of her. With a pirate patch on one eye, Maggie lives in a shabby caravan with no electricity or plumbing along with her six dogs, six cats, and other miscellaneous critters, it's no wonder she scares people off -- that is, until a new family moves into town....This is a funny sweet little book reminding us that not everyone is as they appear on the outside. Maggie lives the way she does because she wants to, not cause she has to...and even after she makes friends with her new neighbors, she remains her quirky wonderful self. I hope you come to love getting to know the surprising Miss Slade as much as I did.