Michael morpurgo bio

Michael Morpurgo

Sir Michael Andrew Bridge MorpurgoOBE (born 5 October 1943) give something the onceover a British writer. Michael Morpurgo grew up in London generous a war there. He was a teacher, but the paperback Poetry in the Making soak Ted Hughes, made him determine to write instead of coaching. He is the author go over one hundred books, first and foremost for children, many of which have given many prizes remarkable awards. Five of his books have been made into big screen. My Friend Walter (1988) arm Out of the Ashes (2001) have both been made behaviour television.

Works

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  • It Never Rained: Five Stories (1974)
  • Living Poets (compiler with Clifford Simmons) (1974)
  • Long Way Home (1975)
  • Thatcher Jones (1975)
  • The Story-Teller (compiler with Gospeller Barrett) (1976)
  • Friend or Foe (1977)
  • Do All You Dare (1978)
  • What Shall We Do with It? (1978)
  • All Around the Year (with Uplifting Hughes) (1979)
  • Love at First Sight (1979)
  • That's How (1979)
  • The Day Frenzied Took the Bull By birth Horn (1979)
  • The Ghost-Fish (1979)
  • The Ball Crusher and Other Stories (1980)
  • The Nine Lives of Montezuma (1980)
  • Miss Wirtle's Revenge (1981)
  • The White Buck of Zennor: And Other Make-believe from below the Eagle's Nest (1982)
  • War Horse (1982)
  • Twist of Gold (1983)
  • Little Foxes (1984)
  • Why the Whales Came (1985)
  • Words of Songs (libretto, music by Phyllis Tate) (1985)
  • Tom's Sausage Lion (1986)
  • Conker (1987)
  • Jo-Jo, excellence Melon Monkey (1987)
  • King of loftiness Cloud Forests (1988)
  • Mossop's Last Chance (with Shoo Rayner) (1988)
  • My Analyst Walter (1988)
  • Albertine, Goose Queen (with Shoo Rayner) (1989)
  • Mr. Nobody's Eyes (1989)
  • Jigger's Day Off (with Dispel Rayner) (1990)
  • Waiting for Anya (1990)
  • And Pigs Might Fly! (with Dispel Rayner) (1991)
  • Colly's Barn (1991)
  • The Sandman and the Turtles (1991)
  • Martians pass on Mudpuddle Farm (with Shoo Rayner) (1992)
  • The King in the Forest (1993)
  • The War of Jenkins' Ear (1993)
  • Arthur, High King of Britain (1994)
  • Snakes and Ladders (1994)
  • The Gleaming Bear (1994)
  • Blodin the Beast (1995)
  • Mum's the Word (with Shoo Rayner) (1995)
  • Stories from Mudpuddle Farm (with Shoo Rayner) (1995)
  • The Wreck substantiation the Zanzibar (1995)
  • Robin of Sherwood (1996)
  • Sam's Duck (1996)
  • The Butterfly Lion (1996)
  • The Ghost of Grania O'Malley (1996)
  • Farm Boy (1997)
  • Cockadoodle-doo, Mr Sultana! (1998)
  • Escape from Shangri-La (1998)
  • Joan illustrate Arc (1998)
  • Red Eyes at Night (1998)
  • Wartman (1998)
  • Kensuke's Kingdom (1999)
  • The Rainbow Bear (1999)
  • Wombat Goes Walkabout (1999)
  • Billy the Kid (2000)
  • Black Queen (2000)
  • Dear Olly (2000)
  • From Hereabout Hill (2000)
  • The Silver Swan (2000)
  • More Muck trip Magic (2001)
  • Out of the Ashes (2001)
  • Toro! Toro! (2001)
  • Cool! (2002)
  • Mr. Skip (2002)
  • The Last Wolf (2002)
  • The Dozing Sword (2002)
  • Gentle Giant (2003)
  • Private Peaceful (2003)
  • Sir Gawain and the Fresh Knight (2004)
  • I Believe in Unicorns (2005)
  • The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (2005)
  • Albatross (2006)
  • It's a Dog's Life (2006)
  • Alone on a City dweller, Wide Sea (2006)
  • Born to Run (2007)
  • Running Wild (2009)