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Elizabeth, Karli et leur mère habitent à Dresde. Leur père, mobilisé, n'est toujours pas rentré. La plupart des villes allemandes ont été bombardées et, bientôt, la famille doit fuir à son tour. En compagnie de Marlène, l'éléphante du zoo qu'elle a recueillie, la petite troupe s'enfonce courageusement dans l'hiver glacé...

Loin de la ville en flammes

Je suis Rex. À la ferme il y a toujours à faire : rentrer les vaches, les moutons... Et il y a Lila, la fille du fermier. Nous étions les meilleurs amis, jusqu'à ce que le cheval arrive...

Rex, le chien de ferme

An ebook collection of three of master storyteller Michael Morpurgo's Second World War novels. 

 An Eagle in the SnowA powerful novel inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped World War II.

 Flamingo BoyIn the unique landscape of the Camargue in the South of France during WW2, a young autistic boy who knows how to heal animals faces the German occupation of his town.

 When Fishes FlewA sweeping story of love and rescue - an unforgettable journey to the Greek island of Ithaca, and back in time to World War Two.

World War Two Collection: Volume 2 - An Eagle in the Snow, Flamingo Boy, When Fishes Flew

Joey is a warhorse, but he wasn't always. Once, he was a farm horse and a gentle boy named Albert was his master. Then World War I came storming through and everything changed. Albert's father sells Joey to the army where the beautiful, red-bay horse is trained to charge the enemy, drag heavy artillery, and carry wounded soldiers not much older than Albert off of battlefields. Amongst the clamoring of guns and slogging through the cold mud, Joey wonders if the war will ever end. And if it does, will he ever find Albert again?

Cheval de guerre

Bertie passe une enfance solitaire en Afrique du Sud, jusqu'au jour où il fait une rencontre extraordinaire : un lionceau blanc, orphelin. Ils deviennent inséparables. Mais ils grandissent... Bertie est envoyé en pension en Angleterre et le lion blanc est vendu à un cirque. Avant de quitter son ami, le garçon lui fait une promesse : "Je te retrouverai. N'oublie jamais que je te retrouverai." Une magnifique histoire d'amitié et de fidélité où se confondent les rêves et la réalité.

Le lion blanc

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

The renowned children's writer Michael Morpurgo has written this vivid account of a child's stay at a farm, told in the form of letters home and illustrated with photographs of animals and children on location at the farm. Humorous and engaging, it conveys the fun and excitement of working closely with animals.

 Turquoise/ Band 7 books offer literay language and extended descriptions, with longer sentences and a wide range of unfamiliar terms.

 Text type - A recount of a visit.

 There is a timetable of the week's events on page 22 and an index on page 23 to help children recount the story.

 Curriculum links -Geography: Plants and animals in the local environment; Citizenship: Animals and us.

 This book has been levelled for Reading Recovery.

 This book has been quizzed for Accelerated Reader.

A Visit to the Farm - Band 07/Turquoise

Longer novels from Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo are always a particular treat, and Private Peaceful is no exception. Tragic, surprising and engaging in equal measures, Morpurgo's novel charts both the childhood of young Thomas Peaceful in the early years of the 20th century, and his eventual underage enlistment in the British army to help fight the First World War. It is, above all, a poignant story of war and about all of its many life-changing effects on those involved--also the brutality of the commanding regimes and the relentless squalor of trench warfare. It's not for the squeamish--Morpurgo tells it like it was and his honest insight is on every page for all to appreciate.  "Tommo" Peaceful is recalling his childhood from those terrible battlefields. He remembers his big brother Charlie taking him to his first day of school, the death of his father, his mum working hard to keep a roof over their heads and food on their table. He remembers his brother Joe, who some called simple, but who to Tommo was very special. He also recalls the only girl in his life, Molly, and how Charlie somehow took her away from him. But as the World turned to War, he had to grow up fast. Together Charlie and Tommo enlist and are sent to France, almost immediately, to what could only be described as pure hell on Earth. Bullets, bombs, death. Shells, noise, dirt. Disease, rats, stench. Charlie and Tommo fight for their lives and to stay together--facing certain death in the face every time they try to advance the British lines.  Morpurgo rattles through his narrative at some speed, gracefully capturing both the horror of war and the ecstasy of life. The ending is shocking and memorable. This is difficult, emotionally draining but highly recommended reading. (Recommended for ages 10 and over.) --John McLay

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