Michael Morpurgo
1) War horse
Author
Publication Date
2010
Language
English
Description
World War I has started and the military needs horses to move equipment, charge the enemy, and carry wounded soldiers off the battlefield. Joey, a farm horse is sold to the Army. Joey misses the farmer's son, Albert, and spends the war years wondering if the war will ever end and if he will ever see Albert again.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Date
2012, c1997
Physical Desc
115 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
For years Joey was a war horse, pulling ambulance carts and artillery through the battlefields of World War I. Finally he returned to Albert and the farm. Now, decades later, Albert's son loves to tell his own grandson stories about the remarkable horse, including its feats in the war and of the time the family risked everything betting that Joey could win a daring race.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Publication Date
2014
Physical Desc
140 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In World War II-era England, Michael learns about his black British Army soldier grandfather, a World War I officer who risked his life to save wounded men but who did not receive special commendations because of his race.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Publication Date
2017.
Physical Desc
133 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1940 England, stuck in a train tunnel while German fighter jets fly overhead, Barney hears an unlikely story of a highly decorated World War I soldier who once had a chance to kill young Adolf Hitler.
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Publication Date
2022.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages. : colour illustrations ; 22 x 30 cm
Language
English
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Description
An inspiring tale from Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman celebrating the world's most iconic train, Flying Scotsman, and its greatest fan, a young girl named Iris. Iris knows everything there is to know about Flying Scotsman. Her dad is the famous train's driver, and every year her favourite birthday treat is a trip to see him at work. But each time Flying Scotsman pulls away, Iris wishes more than anything that she could be in the driver's cab,...
Author
Publisher
Puffin Canada
Publication Date
2022.
Physical Desc
90 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This is a story of a life-changing friendship, a lost puffin, and a lonely artist. It's the story of an entire lifetime, and how one event can change a life forever. From masterful storyteller, Michael Morpurgo, and world-class illustrator, Benji Davies, comes a magical new story. This truly beautiful tale will enchant readers of all ages."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication Date
2004
Physical Desc
202 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army, Thomas decides to sign up as well, although he is only fourteen years old, to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.
Author
Publisher
Two Hoots
Publication Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"A song is passed from one animal to another, uniting all living things and spreading joy across the world. Inspired by a bird in Michael Morpurgo's own garden, the uplifting story and breathtaking illustrations show us the beauty of nature and what is at stake."--Provided by publisher.
9) Half a man
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2015
Physical Desc
47 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows the experiences of a young man who after years of being told not to ask his World War II veteran grandfather about his injuries learns how his grandfather survived a torpedo attack on his ship.
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Publication Date
2015.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
May, 1915. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies-- injured, thirsty, lost-- and with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she came to be there. She can say only one word: Lucy. Is she a mermaid, the victim of a German U-boat, or even, as some islanders suggest, a German spy? Only one thing is for sure: she loves music and moonlight, and it is when she listens to the gramophone that the glimmers of...
Author
Publisher
Square Fish/Feiwel and Friends
Publication Date
2013, ©2010
Physical Desc
199 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Elizabeth's mother works at Dresden Zoo, where her favorite animal is an elephant named Marlene. When the zoo director tells her the dangerous animals must be shot to prevent them running amok when the town is bombed, Elizabeth's mother moves Marlene into the back garden to save her.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Publication Date
2012
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Johnny Trott, a bell-boy at London's Savoy Hotel in 1912, becomes caregiver to Kaspar Kandinsky, the Prince of Cats, and soon the two are stowing away on the Titanic, where they are befriended by the Stanton family of New York.
16) Beowulf
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2006
Physical Desc
97 p. : col. ill ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A retelling in prose of the Anglo-Saxon epic about the heroic efforts of Beowulf, son of Edgetheow, to save the people of Heorot hall from the terrible monster, Grendel.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
86 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Collaborating once more with iconic artist, Michael Foreman, Morpurgo's poems are inspired by 'The Carnival of the Animals' - a humorous musical by the French composer Camille Saint-Saƫns. Building on this classic framework, Michael has added many more animals - they speak in their own voices, full of humour and brio, to tell of their lives and the impact of humanity on their habitats.
19) On angel wings
Publisher
ARC Entertainment, LLC
Publication Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (28 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The half-hour special captures the Christmas story from the viewpoint of an adventurous young shepherd boy who, on a starry night, is taken on a secret, enchanted night-flight to witness the Christmas miracle.

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