A boy living by a Scottish loch sees a beautiful silver swan land on the water. She remains at the loch, mates and there are soon five cygnets too. The boy watches them in awe and pride. When snowy winter sets in, all the birds and animals around the loch must scavenge desperately for food. The fox also has cubs to feed...A remarkably dramatic and compassionate story about Nature, magnificently told and stunningly illustrated with sweeping pastel landscapes.

Mon Cygne Argenté

Francis et Pieter ont toujours été très différents. Lorsque la guerre éclate en 1939, ils choisissent deux chemins opposés : l'un est pacifiste, l'autre s'engage comme soldat dans la Royal Air Force et part au combat. La suite de l'histoire va bouleverser leurs vies pour toujours. Et Francis doit se jeter à son tour dans la gueule du loup. L'histoire vraie de deux frères dans la tourmente de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Un récit limpide et chaleureux par le grand conteur Michael Morpurgo, magnifiquement illustré par Barroux. «Ce qu'ont affronté mes deux oncles m'a profondément marqué. Ce livre est, d'une certaine façon, le plus personnel que j'aie jamais écrit» - Michael Morpurgo.

Dans la gueule du loup

Été 1914. Dans la ferme de son père, en Angleterre, Albert grandit en compagnie de son cheval, Joey. En France, la petite Émilie joue dans un verger avec ses frères. En Allemagne, Friedrich travaille comme à l'accoutumée dans sa boucherie. Pendant ce temps, d'immenses armées se préparent à s'affronter dans le cauchemar de la guerre…

Cheval de guerre

"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

L'histoire vraie du soldat qui aurait pu empêcher la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Londres, 1940... Un jeune garçon et sa mère, qui ont perdu leur maison dans un bombardement, prennent le train pour se réfugier à la campagne. Mais les raids aériens s'intensifient et l'obligent à s'arrêter dans un tunnel. Pour passer le temps, un inconnu entré dans leur compartiment commence à leur raconter l'incroyable histoire de son meilleur ami, Billy.Septembre 1918... Billy et son bataillon livrent leur dernière bataille dans un village du Nord de la France. De nombreux soldats allemands sont faits prisonniers. Soudain, l'un d'eux émerge, hagard, des ruines et Billy ordonne qu'on lui laisse la vie sauve. Qui était ce soldat dont le regard devait le hanter toute sa vie ?

Un aigle dans la neige

Tales from the nation's favourite storyteller about man's best friend who will do anything to protect their loving owners.

 'Shadow':Aman and his mother live in war-torn Afghanistan. When a Western dog appears at the mouth of their cave, it soon becomes Aman's constant companion, his shadow as he calls her. But life is becoming increasingly dangerous for Aman and his family.

 'Cool!':Michael Morpurgo's inspiring new story of Robbie, a boy in a coma - victim of a car accident. Locked inside his own head, able to hear but not move or speak, Robbie tries to keep himself from slipping ever deeper into unconsciousness.

 'Born to Run':When Patrick saves a litter of greyhound puppies from the canal, he can't bear to hand them all over to the RSPCA. He pleads with his parents: couldn't he just keep one of them? Patrick christens his puppy Best Mate, and that's what he becomes. Until one day Best Mate is kidnapped by a greyhound trainer, and begins a new life as a champion race dog. Suzie, the greyhound trainer's step-daughter, loves Best Mate on first sight and gives him a new name, Bright Eyes. But what will happen when he can't run any more?

Favourite Dog Stories: Shadow, Cool! and Born to Run

A hilarious tale of history come to life, from former children's laureate and master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo.

 Living with a ghost can have its difficulties, I discovered, even if he is your friend.

 Remember Sir Walter Raleigh, who laid his cloak in a puddle so Queen Elizabeth I could walk across? Well, Bess meets his ghost and finds out she's his ancestor!

 How will Bess explain Sir Walter to her family? Especially when he breaks her brother's fishing rod, steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room!

 Michael Morpurgo demonstrates why he is considered to be the master storyteller, with a uniquely funny take on spirits from the other side.

 Look out for Michael's other ghostly stories The Ghost of Grania O'Malley and The White Horse of Zennor.

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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.

My Friend Walter

Mai 1915. Sur une île au Sud de l'Angleterre, un pêcheur et son fils découvrent une jeune fille blessée, à bout de force et à peine capable de parler. D'où vient-elle ? Est-elle une sirène ? Le bruit court que c'est une espionne au service des Allemands... De l'autre côté de l'Atlantique, le paquebot "Lusitania" quitte New York. La jeune Merry s'est embarquée sur le géant des mers pour rejoindre son père blessé au combat et hospitalisé en Angleterre.

Le mystère de Lucy Lost

In 1907, fourteen-year-old Laura, living with her family on one of the stormy Isles of Scilly, records in her diary how her dream of participating in a shipwreck rescue is finally realized.

Mon Cygne Argenté

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