Farm Boy

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children, and has sold more than 35 million books around the world. He has written more than 150 novels and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Whitbread Award and the Blue Peter Book Award, while several of his books have been adapted for stage and screen, including the global theatrical phenomenon War Horse. Michael was Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005, and founded the charity Farms for City Children with his wife, Clare. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

‘If there are such things as contemporary classics, then this, surely is one of them’Daily Mail -

‘Here is a very important book, combining the very best of storytelling and illustration’Junior Education -

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‘Michael Morpurgo writes brilliantly about war and animals, conveying the big emotions without preaching’Guardian -

‘There are few children’s writers as compelling as Michael Morpurgo’Daily Express -

‘Morpurgo, as always, is subtle and skillful, and incorporates social and moral issues into his writing without being self-righteous or detracting from the quality of the narrative’Elizabeth Reilly, British Council -

‘The former children's laureate has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers’Guardian -