En été, le terrible dragon des montagnes crache du feu et incendie les forêts. En hiver, il déclenche des avalanches... Mais un jour, Mimi la petite paysanne trouve un bébé dragon et prend une décision très courageuse. Et la paix revient au village.Depuis, chaque veille de Noël, les villageois célèbrent le carnaval du dragon des montagnes et un conteur est tiré au sort pour l'histoire de Mimi. Voici venu le tour de Michael...

Mimi et le dragon des montagnes

Johnny Trott, orphelin et groom du Grand Hôtel de Savoy à Londres voit sa vie bouleversée par l'arrivée d'une diva célèbre, la comtesse Kandinsky et son magnifique chat Kaspar. Suite à un terrible drame, il recueille le chat qui devient son inséparable compagnon et se lie d'amitié avec Lizbeth, une jeune américaine fougueuse. Mais la jeune fille doit bientôt repartir pour l'Amérique à bord d'un magnifique paquebot. Johnny est bien décidé à ne pas l'abandonner et embarque lui aussi, en passager clandestin, avec Kaspar, à bord du Titanic... 

À travers le destin épique d'un jeune héros au grand coeur, revivez la tragédie du Titanic. Un aventure émouvante et captivante superbement illustrée.

Kaspar, le chat du Grand Hôtel

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

À minuit, James se réveille pour se glisser dans le jardin où une incroyable surprise l'attend : son bonhomme de neige a pris vie et l'embarque dans une aventure magique !
Conteur inimitable, Michael Morpurgo réimagine le grand classique de Raymond Briggs. Une histoire merveilleuse où l'émotion et la complicité permettent à un jeune héros de retrouver les mots, auprès de sa grand-mère et d'un mystérieux bonhomme de neige.

Le bonhomme de neige

Découvrez cette fabuleuse épopée qui se raconte depuis la nuit des temps. Elle célèbre les exploits de Beowulf, héros plein de bravoure et de sagesse. Il combattit seul les forces des ténèbres et affronta tour à tour Grendel, le monstre maléfique, sa mère, la sorcière des mers, et le redoutable dragon des enfers.

Beowulf

A stunning edition of this modern classic of World War One, featuring an introduction by the author and insightful testimonies from soldiers.

 Told in the voice of Private Tommo Peaceful, the story follows twenty-four hours at the front, and captures his memories of his family and his village life - by no means as tranquil as it appeared.

 Full of vivid detail and engrossing atmosphere, leading to a dramatic and moving conclusion, Private Peaceful is both a compelling love story and a deeply moving account of the First World War.

 Extra material:

 - Introduction by Michael Morpurgo- Inspiration letter by Michael Morpurgo- Background on the execution of British soldiers in WW1 for cowardice, including personal testimony from soldiers

Private Peaceful

A gripping World War II adventure from War Horse author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo.

 Jo did not stop until he'd shut the door behind him and even then his heart could not stop pounding in his ears.

 Jo finds out that Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis over the mountains near his village. All goes to plan until German soldiers start patrolling the mountains, and Jo realises the children are trapped. Jo'??s slightest mistake could have devastating consequences .

 Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Fiction award

 In the tradition of Goodnight Mr Tom, Carrie's War, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and perfect for fans of The Bone Sparrow, Waiting for Anya is a novel that takes children to the heart of a tumultuous period in history. It will provide a wider context for kids who have studied the Holocaust and The Diary of Anne Frank.

 Other Michael Morpurgo titles you may enjoy:

 The Eagle in the Snow

 Listen to the Moon

 A Twist of Gold

 Private Peaceful

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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.

Waiting for Anya

When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive--until he finds he is not lone.

Le Royaume de Kensuké

A witty Arthurian tale receives a wondrous translation by England's Children's Laureate and an award-winning artist.Think yourself back in years, my friends. . . .It's New Year's Eve in Camelot, where King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, and all their good Knights wait breathlessly for an extravagant feast to begin. Suddenly, a strange and frightening Knight bursts into the hall — a giant of a man, green from head to toe, who mockingly challenges the Court to a shocking game. Only the chivalrous Sir Gawain dares to take on the hideous Green Knight. But over the unexpected course of his test,will Gawain prove as brave and honest as he'd like to believe? Welcome to a medieval world full of sword fights and shape-shifting, monsters and magic, and timeless characters both gallant and wonderfully human. Written anonymously in the fourteenth century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is retold in its entirety by Michael Morpurgo in a lively and accessible narration that captures all the tale's drama and humor. Vivid illustrations by the celebrated Michael Foreman infuse this classic tale with the sights and colors of dragons, swords, and medieval pageantry.

Mimi et le dragon des montagnes

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