You likely read Michael Morpurgo’s books as a child; these works – War Horse, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Private Peaceful, to name but a few – introduce children to harder themes while rooting ...

One of the country’s best-loved children’s authors has published his first book for grown-ups in 40 years. Sir Michael Morpurgo, who spent time living and working in Canterbury in his youth, is ...

So writes Michael Morpurgo, the children’s author behind such classics as War Horse and Private Peaceful. And it’s the English countryside that has inspired his writing as much as anything ...

This is Michael Morpurgo HQ. At 81 ... she had spent blissful holidays here as a child. Following the death of Lane in 1970, the couple used the inheritance to buy Nethercott House, a Victorian ...

Few writers have had as profound an impact on young readers as Michael Morpurgo. With more than 150 ... and seeing the world with a child’s clarity. Originally written in French, I was once ...

Michael Morpurgo’s beloved book War Horse burst ... Clare had loved visiting here as a child and the Morpurgos raised their three children in a cottage just outside Iddesleigh.

This 1999 novel by Michael Morpurgo is brought to vivid life in ... while newcomer Aaron MacGregor infuses the lead with an authentic child-like wonder. The standout is Watanabe, with a vocal ...