As President of the Brooke, an international animal welfare organization, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall was keen to see the exhibition and pay tribute to the millions of horses enlisted by the British Army. The Duchess viewed her own contribution to the exhibition’s ‘Remembrance Wall’, where visitors can… Read More

The National Army Museum is delighted to announce that its latest special exhibition, War Horse: Fact & Fiction, has been nominated for a Museums + Heritage award in the Temporary or Touring Exhibition category. The War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition explores the hugely popular Michael Morpurgo novel… Read More

The National Army Museum is delighted to announce that its latest special exhibition, War Horse: Fact & Fiction, has been nominated for a Museums + Heritage award in the Temporary or Touring Exhibition category. The War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition explores the hugely popular Michael Morpurgo novel… Read More

The Daily Telegraph and The Reading Agency are inviting children to complete Michael Morpurgo’s story (see below) in no more than 500 words. Entrants must be aged 7 to 11 years on August 25, 2012 (the closing date). To enter you must have registered to do the Summer Reading Challenge… Read More

One of the hardest parts of making this show was choosing which of the stories to tell. Apparently, Aesop told over 650, of which – thankfully – Michael Morpurgo has whittled them down to twenty one for his collection which we used as our main resource. Michael has… Read More

The National Theatre’s award-winning production of War Horse is making its long-anticipated North East premiere at the Sunderland Empire. To celebrate its three-week run on Wearside next spring the star of the show, life-sized puppet horse Joey, made an appearance at Gateshead’s Angel of the North. Based on a novel… Read More

From Sparrow to Outlaw, we’re looking at legends this week for Michael Morpurgo Month! Find out all you need to know below. Plus, don’t forget your school could win a visit from the man himself and we have an iPad and a signed copy of War Horse to… Read More

Librarians and children from Chatterbooks children’s reading groups were enlisted to help select this year’s Summer Reading Challenge titles, which includes Michael Morpurgo’s celebrated lifetime of tales. Of Lions and Unicorns is the most comprehensive and definitive Michael Morpurgo collection ever and features twenty-five enchanting short stories as well as… Read More

Michael Morpurgo will launch Private Peaceful Day on March 31 with a live Q&A via satellite following special screenings of the film for schools. In a major screening event for schools, 100 cinemas including Picturehouse & Cineworld, will show the film across the UK as part of the Centenary commemorations… Read More

Speaking at a conference for schools on how to mark the centenary of the Great War, Michael Morpurgo said stories are able to get through to people in a way that history books are unable to do. Children need to be told personal stories about historical events such as the… Read More

Following a hugely successful run at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a sell-out tour of libraries in Hertfordshire and Central Bedfordshire as part of the Family Arts Festival last year, I Believe in Unicorns started its UK Spring Tour this week. This 55 minute version has been created by… Read More

An innovative new, cross curricular resource from education charity Into Film and the National Literacy Trust offers teachers an array of stimulating possibilities for using Michael Morpurgo’s moving story Private Peaceful to develop literacy and bring World War I to life in its centenary year. Created for use across the… Read More