Few writers have had as profound an impact on young readers as Michael Morpurgo. With more than 150 books to his name, the former Children’s Laureate has a remarkable ability to craft stories ...

“The next thing, you’ll go to the seaside, you’ll carry them into the sea, the fear of water ... is needed to put this right, Sir Michael Morpurgo said – and to introduce children to the joys of ...

Michael Morpurgo is a well known children's author who has written more than 130 books, including War Horse, Private Peaceful and Kensuke's Kingdom. Now he has a new book on the way called Tales ...

We’re fortunate, then, to have authors such as Michael Morpurgo to fill in some of the ... has sold 35 million copies; subsequent books, such as The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (2005) and ...

Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK's most famous children's authors. He's written more than 130 books, loads of which you will recognise, including War Horse, Private Peaceful and Kensuke's Kingdom.

During the visit, Morpurgo attended a party organised by ... “He’s not a shouter and he’s not a show-off,” the author said of Starmer. “I’m fed up with show-offs.

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 ...

Children who went to boarding school have an advantage in prison, says children’s author "School was a ... Photo: Dave Hogan, Getty Michael Morpurgo: "I decided to make up my own story.

Some stories are just too good to stay on the page. Michael Morpurgo’s beloved book War Horse burst from its binding a long time ago, morphing from children’s novel to a Tony and Olivier award ...

In many ways books helped me have a very rich and fulfilling inner life. But in another, much more immediate and practical way, it got me beaten up a lot. Authors including Michael Morpurgo and ...