Michael Morpurgo

Farm Boy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The extraordinary sequel to War Horse

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins UK / HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 245828
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Altersempfehlung: von 9 bis 11 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 120g
• ISBN-13: 9780007450657
• ISBN-10: 0007450656
• Artikelnr.: 34540255

Autorenporträt

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children¿s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

Rezensionen

'If there are such things as contemporary classics, then this, surely is one of them'
Daily Mail

'Here is a very important book, combining the very best of storytelling and illustration'
Junior Education

Praise for Michael Morpurgo:

'Michael Morpurgo writes brilliantly about war and animals, conveying the big emotions without preaching'
Guardian

'There are few children's writers as compelling as Michael Morpurgo'
Daily Express

'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'
Guardian