“Animal Farm is the kind of book that changes as you grow. ... Farshore Books, £12.99. Spring by Michael Morpurgo is published by Hodder Press, £16.99, and is out now.

Kensuke’s Kingdom film review: ★★★★ This 1999 novel by Michael Morpurgo is brought to vivid life in this animated family film that delightfully breaks many of the rules of modern cinema.

Michael Morpurgo’s beloved book War Horse burst from its binding a long time ago, ... As a child, he had always found comfort in the company of animals.

In today’s primary-school curriculum, neither the First nor the Second World War is a compulsory subject. We’re fortunate, then, to have authors such as Michael Morpurgo to fill in some of the ...