Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation's favourite storyteller

 A heart-warming novel about Kaspar the Savoy cat, from the award-winning author of Born to Run and The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

 Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket - Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. Johnny was a bell-boy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky's things to her room.

 But Johnny didn't expect to end up with Kaspar on his hands forever, and nor did he count on making friends with Lizziebeth, a spirited American heiress. Pretty soon, events are set in motion that will take Johnny - and Kaspar - all around the world, surviving theft, shipwreck and rooftop rescues along the way. Because everything changes with a cat like Kaspar around. After all, he's Prince Kaspar Kandinsky, Prince of Cats, a Muscovite, a Londoner and a New Yorker, and as far as anyone knows, the only cat to survive the sinking of the Titanic.

Kaspar - Prince of Cats

Le jour où le petit Jim sauva un jeune dauphin d'une mort certaine, il ne savait pas à quel point son geste bouleverserait sa vie. Et surtout, il ignorait que grâce à lui, le petit village de pêcheurs retrouverait sa joie de vivre.

Jim et le dauphin - Occasion

"One of my earliest memories is lying on the floor in front of the kitchen fire, drawing." Michael Foreman

 During the war, paper was in short supply but, the large biscuit tins delivered to his Mum's shop were lined with white paper. The tins were about twelve inches square, so unfolded, the paper would be four feet long. Perfect for drawings of marching soldiers and convoys of tanks, the village traffic of his childhood.

 This is a celebration of Michael's life as a master storyteller and illustrator told through his own autobiographical tales, diary extracts, original sketches and illustrations from his award-winning publications. Beginning with his childhood in wartime Suffolk and his early career as a young artist, and culminating with his collaborations with world-famous authors Terry Jones, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin 'BLOOMIN' Blake, this book showcases his 'greatest hits', and reveals the places, stories and people that inspired him along the way.

 Divided into three parts:. Memories of Childhood (Looking through War Boy, After the War Was Over and War Game.). Far-Flung Places (Looking through Treasure Island, Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, World of Fairy Tales and Classic Fairy Tales.). Friends and Collaborators (Looking through Eric the Viking, Fairy Tales, Nicobobinus, Animal Tales, Fantastic Stories, Arthur, Robin Hood, Joan of Arc, Billy the Kid and Farm Boy.)

 'I have been lucky with writers. None have been real trouble. Some I never met. Some I meet only after the book is finished, and some, the easiest to get along with, are the dead ones. Most become friends.' Michael Foreman

Michael Foreman: A Life in Pictures

En Angleterre, au début du XXe siècle, le jeune Henry Friston, 15 ans, embarque comme matelot sur un bateau à vapeur. Cinq ans plus tard, au début de la Première Guerre mondiale, il s'engage dans la marine et débarque en Turquie en 1915. Dans l'enfer de la bataille de Gallipoli, il fait une rencontre improbable : celle d'une tortue, qu'il baptise Ali Pacha, et qui ne le quittera plus.

Passager clandestin : une histoire d'amitié et de courage

A TOP 10 CHILDREN'S FICTION BESTSELLER

 A beautifully illustrated full-colour tribute to King Charles III, published to mark his coronation - from the bestselling creators of There Once Is a Queen.

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 There once was a boy who was going to be king one day .

The Boy Who Would Be King

Berlin in 1938 is not a safe place to be if you're Jewish. For Matti and many other Jewish children it means being sent to England for safety. Placed with a foster family in the British countryside, Matti is happy but desperate for his parents to join him. He starts working on a plan, but will it work out in time?

 Emerald/Band 15 books provide a widening range of genres including science fiction and biography, prompting more ways to respond to texts.

 Text type: A story set in the past.

 A map of Europe on pages 46-47 shows Matti's route from Berlin to London.

 Curriculum links: History: What was it like for children in the Second World War?

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

Matti’s Miracle - Band 15/Emerald

Mes parents n'ont jamais vraiment aimé la vie à la campagne.
 Alors que moi j'adore les vacances dans la vieille ferme de grand-père. j'adore l'écouter parler de son enfance de petit paysan et de joey, son cheval. peut-être même me racontera-t-il un jour l'histoire de ce vieux tracteur auquel il tient tant. mais parfois, je sens que quelque chose le tourmente... quel est le secret de grand-père ? et comment puis-je l'aider ? la touchante histoire d'un grand-père et de son petit-fils, complices d'un secret bouleversant.

Le secret de grand-père

"There once is a Queen ever constant to her people."

 From the Nation's Favourite Storyteller Sir Michael Morpurgo comes a poetic celebration of our Queen and longest reigning monarch, beautifully illustrated in watercolour by acclaimed artist Michael Foreman. Created in partnership with the Jubilee Pageant Committee

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 There once was a little girl, born a princess. While she was still a young woman, she became a queen, our Queen Elizabeth II. Her reign of seventy years, making her the longest serving female monarch in history, saw her stand steadfast through triumph and tribulation, and through the monumental changes that have shaped our world. This remarkable queen remained devoted to crown, to country .

There Once is a Queen

An enchanting take on the legend of King Arthur from Britain's best-loved children's author, Michael Morpurgo.

 Marooned on a sandbank, a boy faces certain death. With the sea closing in and the current about to drag him to a watery grave, his final wish is to see heaven. Waking in a strange bed, the boy meets an old man sitting by the fire with his dog. It is King Arthur, the great warrior of legend, and from his lips the boy hears of Camelot, chivalry, magic, evil and betrayal.

 Former Children's Laureate and award-winning author of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo, demonstrates why he is considered to be the master storyteller with this contemporary twist on Arthurian Legend.

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 An Eagle in the Snow

 The Fox and the Ghost King

 War Horse

 The Sleeping Sword

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 Former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo needs no introduction. He is one of the most successful children's authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. Michael 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.

 Several of his other stories have been adapted for screen and stage, including My Friend Walter, Why the Whales Came and Kensuke's Kingdom. Michael 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 started the charity Farms for City Children in 1976 with his wife, Clare, aimed at relieving the "poverty of experience. many young children feel in inner city and urban areas. Michael is also a patron of over a dozen other charities. Living in Devon, listening to Mozart and working with children have provided Michael with the ideas and incentive to write his stories. He spends half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories for children. "For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out - the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers." Michael received an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature.

Arthur High King of Britain

Inspirée d'un fait réel, l'incroyable histoire d'un jeune marin pendant la Première Guerre Mondiale.Au début du siècle, en Angleterre... Un jeune garçon, Henry Friston s'engage dans la marine pour vivre son rêve d'aventure et de pays lointains. Enrôlé sur un navire de guerre, L'Implacable, il débarque en mai 1915 en Turquie, où se déroule la bataille de Gallipoli. Henry va vivre dix jours d'enfer. Cet enfer, de cent quatre-vingts mètres de long sur sept mètres de large, était connu sous le nom de X Beach. Henry est chargé de transporter les blessés du champ de bataille jusqu'au navire. Et c'est là, au milieu des bombardements, qu'il fait la plus improbable des rencontres: celle d'une tortue qu'il baptise Ali Pacha. Embarquée clandestinement sur le navire, elle ne quittera plus le jeune marin.

Passager clandestin ; une histoire d'amitié et de courage

Omar, seize ans, fuit son pays ravagé par la guerre. Il embarque sur un bateau pour rejoindre l'Angleterre. En pleine tempête, alors que tout semble perdu et que son embarcation se renverse, il perd connaissance. Il se réveille miraculeusement sur un plage, où il rencontre de drôles de petits personnages qui l'appellent Gulliver...

Les Voyages extraordinaires d'Omar

Solitaire, timide, Jonah est trop occupé à prendre soi de sa mère pour se faire des amis à l'école. Mais une rencontre magique va tout changer : le fantôme d'un homme du XVIIIe siècle, Nathaniel. Orphelin, Nathaniel a croisé la route de Mozart. Jeux, répétitions, concerts, il a tout partagé avec le petit prodige. 

À la lisière du réel et du merveilleux, un conte historique empreint d'émotion et de musique par le grand Michael Morpurgo. Avec les illustrations au charme unique de Michael Foreman.

Le jour où j'ai sauvé Wolfgang Amadeus

imaginez que vous vivez dans une sorte de décharge, entre la grande ville et les montagnes...
c'est la que j'ai rencontré mia.
 elle vivait avec sa maman, son papa et son chien poco, dans une maison faite de bric et de broc. nous sommes devenus amis au premier instant.
voici son histoire.

Le rêve de mia

Michael James Foreman (29 mars 1957) est un astronaute américain.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Foreman

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