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Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo OBE FRSL FKC DL (né Bridge; 5 October 1943) [1] is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982).
Kensuke's Kingdom is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Michael Foreman. Following a fictionalised version of Morpurgo as he is stranded on a desert island as a child, it was first published in 1999 [1] by Egmont UK. It was subsequently released by various other publishers, such as Scholastic. [2]
The Wreck Of The Zanzibar is a children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo.It was first published in Great Britain by William Heinemann Publishers in 1995. The book won the Whitbread Children's Book Award in 1995, it was shortlisted for a Carnegie Medal, and won the Children's Book Award for Long Novel in 1996.
Flamingo Boy, also known as The Day the World Stopped Turning, [1] is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo. The book was first published in the United Kingdom as Flamingo Boy by HarperCollins in 2018. The book was inspired in part by Morpurgo's grandson, who is autistic.
Little Manfred is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated by Michael Foreman. It was originally published in Great Britain by HarperCollins in 2011. The novel is primarily set in two time periods, 1966 and World War II , and was published in partnership with the Imperial War Museum , to accompany the museum's ...
Private Peaceful Cover of first edition Author Michael Morpurgo Language English Genre War novel, children's novel Published 2003 Publisher HarperCollins Publication place United Kingdom Pages 185 ISBN 978-0-00-715006-9 OCLC 534265686765 Private Peaceful is a novel for older children by British author Michael Morpurgo first published in 2003. It is about a fictional young soldier called Thomas ...
Why the Whales Came is a British children's story written by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in 1985 in the United Kingdom by William Heinemann , and by Scholastic in the United States. It is set on the island of Bryher , one of the Isles of Scilly , off the coast of Cornwall , in the year 1914. [ 1 ]
The Butterfly Lion is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo.It was first published in Great Britain by Collins in 1996, and won the 1996 Smarties book prize.The book was adapted into a stage play by Daniel Buckroyd of the Mercury Theatre, Colchester, which toured the UK in 2013.