The Michael Morpurgo Collection
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The Michael Morpurgo Collection by Michael Morpurgo
This set includes 10 of Michael Morpurgo's best-loved stories: Escape from Shangri-La Friend or Foe Kensuke's Kingdom King of the Cloud Forests Mr Nobody's Eyes My Friend Walter War Horse The War of Jenkins' Ear Why the Whales Came The Wreck of the Zanzibar
Michael Morpurgo OBE was born in 1943 in St Albans and was educated at Kings Canterbury, Sandhurst and Kings College London. He taught for ten years in both state and private schools and is married with three children and six grandchildren. His first book was published in 1975 and he has since published over 100 titles. His books have been translated into over twenty languages. Michael's books have also been adapted for film and the stage, including most recently the National Theatre's enormously successful production of War Horse. Together with his wife Clare he founded Farms for City Children, an educational charity, in 1976. The organisation now runs three farms welcoming over 3,000 children a year. In 1999 he was awarded an MBE for services to youth, and in 2006 he was awarded an OBE. His books have won the Whitbread Award (The Wreck Of Zanzibar), the Smarties Book Prize (The Butterfly Lion), the Children's Book Award (Kensuke's Kingdom) and Cercle D'Or Prix Sorciere (King Of The Cloud Forests), the Blue Peter Book Award and the Califonia Young Reader Medal (Private Peaceful), the Independent Booksellers' Book of the Year Award (Alone On A Wide Wide Sea) and several have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Michael was Children's Laureate from 2003-2005.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780603570803 |
| ISBN 10 | 0603570801 |
| Title | The Michael Morpurgo Collection |
| Author | Michael Morpurgo |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Egmont UK Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 1792 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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