- Michael Morpurgo, Illustrated by Petra Brown

Conker

By Michael Morpurgo, Illustrated by Petra Brown

A beautifully crafted chapter book by Michael Morpurgo for Egmont’s red banana series.

When Stevie Rooster is mean about Nick’s old dog dying, Nick throws Stevie’s best conker into the pond. But Grandma says there’s a better way to get back at Stevie – become Conker King of Jubilee Park.Nick must use some conkers from the tree in the old scrapyard. And in that scrapyard is a skinny, starving dog who looks just like Nick’s old pet.

Can Nick rescue the animal and become conker champion? A moving story about grief, redemption and the love of a family pet.

Red bananas are chapter books for newly fluent readers, suitable for NC Level 3 readers. They are carefully designed with education in mind, supporting children’s understanding of how to read longer books. Red bananas introduce similes and wordplay to encourage an understanding of more literary concepts.

Author: Michael Morpurgo
Format: Digital download
Ageband: from 5
Release Date: 05 Dec 2011
Pages: None
ISBN: 978-1-78031-171-5
Michael Morpurgo is one of the most successful children's authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. He has written more than forty books for children, including the global hit War Horse, which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011.He has won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children's Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.He received an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature.