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Michael Morpurgo

Born

in St Albans, Hertfordshire, The United Kingdom

October 05, 1943

Website

http://www.michaelmorpurgo.com

Genre

Children's Books, Poetry, Historical Fiction

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Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 276,404 ratings · 24,594 reviews · 652 distinct works • Similar authors

	War Horse (War Horse, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 61,068 ratings — published 1982	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Private Peaceful 4.15 avg rating — 32,160 ratings — published 2003 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kensuke's Kingdom 4.14 avg rating — 25,248 ratings — published 1999 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Butterfly Lion 4.09 avg rating — 14,127 ratings — published 1996 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Elephant in the Garden 4.20 avg rating — 13,553 ratings — published 2009 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadow by Michael Morpurgo, Christine Birmingham (Illustrator) 4.22 avg rating — 9,457 ratings — published 2010 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Born to Run by Michael Morpurgo, Michael Foreman (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 7,971 ratings — published 2007 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips 4.05 avg rating — 7,839 ratings — published 2005 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alone on a Wide Wide Sea 4.21 avg rating — 6,545 ratings — published 2006 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo, Sarah Young (Illustrator) 4.21 avg rating — 5,724 ratings — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Michael Morpurgo (?)

“I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less.”
― Michael Morpurgo, War Horse

tags: hate, love, war-horse

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“Being his real brother I could feel I live in his shadows, but I never have and I do not now. I live in his glow.”
― Michael Morpurgo, Private Peaceful

tags: brotherhood, brothers, charlie, comfort, love, private, tommo

106 likes

“stories make you think and dream; books make you want to ask questions”
― Michael Morpurgo, I Believe in Unicorns

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