Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

Author 78 / Writer 6 · 1705 – 2026 · 🎬 6 📖 78 · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.

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Fiction children's fiction JUVENILE FICTION History children's stories

Highlights

Wombat goes walkabout

Wombat goes walkabout

1999

Animal Stories (Red Hot Reads)

Animal Stories (Red Hot Reads)

1999

Kensuke's kingdom

Kensuke's kingdom

1999

Frequent Collaborators

Michael Foreman

11 shared

Christian Birmingham

4 shared

Emma Chichester Clark

3 shared

Simon Reade

3 shared

Shoo Rayner

3 shared

Tony Ross

3 shared

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📖 Books

Wombat goes walkabout

Wombat goes walkabout

author

1999

Animal Stories (Red Hot Reads)

Animal Stories (Red Hot Reads)

author

1999

Kensuke's kingdom

Kensuke's kingdom

author

1999

Cockadoodle-doo, Mr Sultana!

Cockadoodle-doo, Mr Sultana!

author

1998

Running Wild

Running Wild

author

1998

Wartman

Wartman

author

1998

Escape from Shangri-La

Escape from Shangri-La

author

1998

Red Eyes at Night

Red Eyes at Night

author

1998

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

author

1998

Farm Boy

Farm Boy

author

1997

The butterfly lion

The butterfly lion

author

1996

The ghost of Grania O'Malley

The ghost of Grania O'Malley

author

1996

Blodin the beast

Blodin the beast

author

1995

The wreck of the Zanzibar

The wreck of the Zanzibar

author

1995

Snakes And Ladders (Bananas)

Snakes And Ladders (Bananas)

author

1994

Arthur, High King of Britain

Arthur, High King of Britain

author

1994

The war of Jenkins' ear

The war of Jenkins' ear

author

1993

King in the Forest

King in the Forest

author

1993

Martians at Mudpuddle Farm (Jets)

Martians at Mudpuddle Farm (Jets)

author

1992

The Marble Crusher

The Marble Crusher

author

1992

The Sandman and the Turtles

The Sandman and the Turtles

author

1991

Colly's barn

Colly's barn

author

1991

Old Sticky

Old Sticky

author

1991

Waiting for Anya

Waiting for Anya

author

1990

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