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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).
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo, and illustrated by Michael Foreman. It was originally published in the United Kingdom by Walker Books, and released in October 2004.
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 ...
Where My Wellies Take Me is a British children's novel written by Michael and Clare Morpurgo, and illustrated by Olivia Lomenech Gill. It was originally published in Great Britain by Templar Books in 2012. This is a first collaboration for Morpurgo and his wife. The story is set in rural Devon, in southwest England, the Morpurgos' longtime home.
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 .
Secondly, Morpurgo tells the story of when his Australian friend Alex Whitworth and his mate Peter Crozier, sailed around the world in their first circumnavigation. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] According to Morpurgo, they saw a strange light in the sky one night in March 2005, and started emailing their friends in Sydney about it. [ 2 ]
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 ]
My Friend Walter is a children's fiction novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by William Heinemann in 1988. [ 1 ] The book was shortlisted for the 1989 Smarties Prize .