Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the UK's best-loved authors for children and young people. He was the third UK Children's Laureate and he has won the Children's Book Award, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of his books, including a major film and award-winning stage play based on War Horse. Michael also set up the charity Farms for City Children with his wife Clare.
Praise for Michael Morpurgo:
“Michael Morpurgo writes brilliantly about war and animals,
conveying the big emotions without preaching.” – The Guardian
“Champagne quality over a wide range of subjects.” – Daily
Telegraph “There are few children’s writers as compelling as
Michael Morpurgo.” – Daily Express “Morpurgo’s gift is to make this
long-ago world of danger and heartbreak accessible without ever
patronising his young readers.” – Sunday Mercury “Morpurgo, as
always, is subtle and skillful, and incorporates social and moral
issues into his writing without being self-righteous or detracting
from the quality of the narrative”
Elizabeth Reilly – British Council “The former children's laureate
has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers.”
-The Guardian.
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