C'était la chance de ma vie ! J'allais me rendre à Venise pour interviewer le grand violoniste Paolo Levi. Mais je savais qu'il ne fallait surtout pas prononcer devant lui le nom de Mozart. Comment imaginer alors l'histoire qu'il allait me raconter : son histoire, un secret dont il pouvait enfin se libérer...La musique réveille l'écho d'un passé terrible pour nous plonger au coeur de la nuit la plus noire. Un récit très fort porté par une écriture simple, pudique, et les aquarelles émouvantes de Michael Foreman.

Plus jamais Mozart

A gripping children's story from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.

 "We all knew what was going to happen. We'd seen it before. A ship about to founder staggers before she falls. A huge wave broke over her stern and she did not come upright again.. Life on the Scilly Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Laura's twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything. It seems there's little hope. But then the Zanzibar is wrecked on the island's rocks, and everything changes .

 The Wreck of the Zanzibar is a gripping historical adventure from the author of An Eagle in the Snow, Listen to the Moon, Shadow, and An Elephant in the Garden.

 Michael Morpurgo is the master storyteller of such modern classic children's books as War Horse, Friend or Foe, Private Peaceful, and Kensuke's Kingdom. He has written more than one hundred books for children and 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.

The Wreck of the Zanzibar

Partir : pour Aman et sa mère, c'est la seule solution. Fuir l'Afghanistan, où les talibans font régner la terreur, et rejoindre l'oncle Mir en Angleterre. Mais comment sortir du pays, entre les rencontres dangereuses, les bombes, la peur, la faim et les contrôles de police ? A leur côté, Ombre, une chienne adoptée par Aman, devient un fidèle compagnon de route. Elle semble parfois leur montrer le chemin, mais est-ce bien celui qui mène à une vie meilleure ?

L'histoire d'Aman

A powerful, moving adventure inspired by the extraordinary true story of the French Drummer Boy of Waterloo, COBWEB is a stunning tale of courage and kindness - a book about humanity, animals, and the heartbreak of war, from a writer at the height of his powers.

 "They call me Cobweb. I'll tell you why later. I may be a dog, but I know and understand a lot more than people think I do."

 Britain. 1815. After years of loss and sacrifice, the end of the war with Napoleon is approaching.

 Cobweb knows nothing of the war - he loves being a young puppy and playing with his owner, Bethan, exploring the countryside and chasing rabbits.

 But when he is taken away from Bethan and sold, Cobweb must learn to become a Drover's Dog - herding sheep and cattle for hundreds of miles on the long, treacherous journey to London.

 And after the Napoleonic wars finally come to an end with the Battle of Waterloo, Cobweb meets an unexpected stranger with an incredible tale to tell on his journey home .

Cobweb

A gripping and heartfelt war story from Britain's best-loved children's author, Michael Morpurgo.

 Turned away by his own son, Cessie's long-lost grandfather finds himself in the place he fears most a nursing home called Shangri-La. Only Cessie loves him and is determined to help him escape and unravel the truth of his past. A past that comes to him only in glimpses a lifeboat, a tin of condensed milk, a terrifying night on the beaches of Dunkirk in World War II .

 Former Children's Laureate and award-winning author of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo, demonstrates why he is considered to be the master story teller with this tale of strife and loss in World War II.

Escape from Shangri-La

A classic and heartfelt war story from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo.

 Escaping from China as the Japanese invade, Ashley and Uncle Sung embark on a perilous journey across the Himalayas. Then Ashley finds himself alone in the hostile mountains, battling for his life. He is just about to give up all hope, when he has a mysterious and terrifying encounter .

 Author of Private Peaceful and Friend or Foe, Michael Morpurgo again demonstrates why he is considered to be the master storyteller with another of his beautifully crafted war stories. In the tradition of Goodnight Mr Tom, Carrie's War, and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, King of the Cloud Forests is a novel that takes children to the heart of a tumultuous period in history.-

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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.

King of the Cloud Forests

Joey, le cheval de ferme, devient cheval de guerre en 1914. Il va alors vivre l'horreur des combats auprès des Britanniques, des Français, ou du côté des Allemands. Pour lui, les soldats, les paysans ou les vétérinaires ne sont pas des ennemis mais des hommes, chez qui il rencontre la bonté comme la méchanceté. Joey partage leurs souffrances et leurs peurs, et sait leur redonner de l'espoir.

Cheval de guerre

«Après avoir été ambassadeur du livre pour enfants, j'ai souhaité réunir dans un recueil mes meilleures histoires, en y mêlant des réflexions sur le métier d'écrivain ainsi que sur mon travail de conteur.» Généreux, authentique, émouvant... Michael Morpurgo est aussi un merveilleux auteur, un «tisseur de rêves», qui raconte ici ses plus belles histoires... Un livre à lire selon vos envies pour découvrir et partager la magie de l'écriture et le plaisir de la lecture...

Plus jamais Mozart

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