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Morpurgo has thirty books on the HarperCollins list and has sold more than 35 million books worldwide. [74] Reading Matters website calls Morpurgo's 1999 Kensuke's Kingdom "A quietly told story, but plenty of drama and emotion." [75] The Guardian described Private Peaceful, Morpurgo's 2003 novel for older children, as a "humanising and humane ...
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 .
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.
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 ...
Morpurgo says the "extraordinary communication" that took place between astronaut Leroy Chiao, the commander of Expedition 10, and Whitworth and Crozier, "fired up his imagination". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Morpurgo gives thanks to Whitworth and Crozier in the title page of the book for "informing and inspiring this story".
Waiting for Anya is a British children's novel written by Michael Morpurgo.It was first published in Great Britain in 1990, by William Heinemann.It is set in Lescun, in a mountainous region of southern France on the border with Spain.
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.