(1) Michael Morpurgo was born in St Albans in 1943.
(2) His favourite lesson at school was French.
(3) With his wife, Clare, Michael Morpurgo founded the Farms for City Children, to give children from deprived inner-city schools the chance to work on a farm.
(4) Sitting at a desk gives Michael Morpurgo backache, so he writes his novels sitting on his bed. He writes in school exercise books.
(5) Private Peaceful was the 100th book written by Michael Morpurgo.
(6) His favourite authors are: Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island), Rudyard Kipling (The Just So Stories) and Ted Hughes (The Iron Man).
(7) In 2003 Michael Morpurgo became the third Children’s Laureate.
(8) Micheal Morpurgo was a primary school teacher in Kent.
(9) He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2006
(10) He hates rewriting and he hates making corrections to his stories.
Ok so I will begin with my review of War Horse, it is a great story and I recommend it to you.
War Horse
Michael Morpurgo’s tender story of Joey, a brave hearted farm horse who finds himself caught up in the horrors of war, cleverly conveys both the violence and the occasional compassion, which occurs during conflict. A classic story of animal courage…
I like private peaceful.It is about a man called Tommo Peaceful – a Private in the trenches of WW1. He relives all his past and thinks about family and childhood stuff his childhood, The ending is shocking and horrible if you like happy endings forget this – a memorable book!
Shannons Mum: I have read many books and have enjoyed them also I have learned alot.
Shannon:Ihave read a little bit of a book from Micheal Murpurgo the one with the cat on the front(can’t remember what its called ) but i did read it in reading club.
Hello Mrs Cunningham,
Thank you for the comment on my blog! I have no idea what would happen if the world was a big black hole of nothingness, however for now we do not have to worry about that.
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We just finished reading Friend or Foe. The book had many shocking moments and exciting scenes! The action kept us wanting to read more and more each day! It was hard to put the book down!
You could almost feel the hatred between main characters, David and the pilots. This book makes us wonder about what it would be like to live in war zone! Several students were able to connect with the desires of the characters to be popular in their new school and town. Most of the students connnected with David who thought helping the pilots was the wrong choice to make!
We would recommend this book to students that like history, action, and a surprising ending!
-Mr. Lund’s Class