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Michael Morpurgo
(b.1943)Multi-award winning author, Michael Morpurgo, is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, The Writers Guild Award and the Blue Peter Book Award for his novel, Private Peaceful, which has also had two successful runs as a play devised by Bristol Old Vic. From 2003 to 2005 he was the Children's Laureate, a role which took him all over the UK to promote literacy and reading, and in 2005 he was named the Booksellers Association Author of the Year.
Awards: Blue Peter (2005) see all
Genres: Children's Fiction, Literary Fiction
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Series
Mudpuddle Farm
Stories from Mudpuddle Farm (1994)
Cock-A-doodle-do (2008)
Pigs Might Fly! (2008)
Hee-Haw Hooray (2017)
Stories from Mudpuddle Farm (1994)
Cock-A-doodle-do (2008)
Pigs Might Fly! (2008)
Hee-Haw Hooray (2017)
Novels
Long Way Home (1975)
Friend or Foe (1977)
The Nine Lives of Montezuma (1980)
Twist of Gold (1983)
Little Foxes (1984)
Why the Whales Came (1985)
King of the Cloud Forests (1987)
My Friend Walter (1988)
Mr. Nobody's Eyes (1989)
Waiting for Anya (1990)
The War of Jenkins' Ear (1993)
Arthur, High King of Britain (1994)
The Wreck of the Zanzibar (1995) (with Amy Hest)
The Butterfly Lion (1996)
The Ghost of Grania O'Malley (1996)
Escape from Shangri-La (1998)
Kensuke's Kingdom (1999)
Private Peaceful (2003)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2004)
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (2005)
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea (2006)
Born to Run (2006)
Kaspar (2008)
aka The Titanic Cat
Running Wild (2009)
An Elephant in the Garden (2010)
Not Bad for a Bad Lad (2010)
Shadow (2010)
Little Manfred (2011)
Outlaw (2012)
Sparrow (2012)
A Medal for Leroy (2012)
Listen to the Moon (2014)
An Eagle in the Snow (2015)
The Fox and the Ghost King (2016)
Toto (2017)
Flamingo Boy (2018)
The Day the World Stopped Turning (2019)
Boy Giant (2019)
When Fishes Flew (2021)
Cobweb (2024)
Black Beauty (2026)
Friend or Foe (1977)
The Nine Lives of Montezuma (1980)
Twist of Gold (1983)
Little Foxes (1984)
Why the Whales Came (1985)
King of the Cloud Forests (1987)
My Friend Walter (1988)
Mr. Nobody's Eyes (1989)
Waiting for Anya (1990)
The War of Jenkins' Ear (1993)
Arthur, High King of Britain (1994)
The Wreck of the Zanzibar (1995) (with Amy Hest)
The Butterfly Lion (1996)
The Ghost of Grania O'Malley (1996)
Escape from Shangri-La (1998)
Kensuke's Kingdom (1999)
Private Peaceful (2003)
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (2004)
The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips (2005)
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea (2006)
Born to Run (2006)
Kaspar (2008)
aka The Titanic Cat
Running Wild (2009)
An Elephant in the Garden (2010)
Not Bad for a Bad Lad (2010)
Shadow (2010)
Little Manfred (2011)
Outlaw (2012)
Sparrow (2012)
A Medal for Leroy (2012)
Listen to the Moon (2014)
An Eagle in the Snow (2015)
The Fox and the Ghost King (2016)
Toto (2017)
Flamingo Boy (2018)
The Day the World Stopped Turning (2019)
Boy Giant (2019)
When Fishes Flew (2021)
Cobweb (2024)
Black Beauty (2026)
Collections
It Never Rained (1974)
All Around the Year (poems) (1979) (with Ted Hughes)
The Marble Crusher (1980)
Miss Wirtles Revenge (poems) (1981)
The White Horse of Zennor (1982)
Muck and Magic (1995)
Michael Morpurgo Stories (2000)
From Hereabout Hill (2000)
More Muck and Magic (2001)
Kids' Night In (2003) (with others)
Singing for Mrs Pettigrew (2006)
Three for Tea (2006) (with Anne Fine and Jacqueline Wilson)
Animal Tales (2008)
Free? (2009) (with others)
Magic Beans (2011) (with others)
Snow Tales (2012)
Michael Morpurgo Christmas Stories (2012)
Stories of War (2013)
Island Tales (2013)
Of Lions and Unicorns (2013)
Best Mates (2015)
Christmas Stories (2015)
Morpurgo Collection (2016)
Greatest Animal Stories (2016)
Greatest Magical Stories (2018)
Magical Myths and Legends (2018)
Winter Stories (2019)
Carnival of the Animals (poems) (2021)
Barney the Horse (2022)
My Heart was a Tree (poems) (2023)
Michael Morpurgo's Tales from Shakespeare (2023)
Katerina the Cat and Other Tales from the Farm (2024)
Lucky the Dog and Other Tales from the Farm (2025)
Animal Magic (2025)
More Tales from Shakespeare (2025)
Michael Morpurgo's Christmas Stories (2026)
All Around the Year (poems) (1979) (with Ted Hughes)
The Marble Crusher (1980)
Miss Wirtles Revenge (poems) (1981)
The White Horse of Zennor (1982)
Muck and Magic (1995)
Michael Morpurgo Stories (2000)
From Hereabout Hill (2000)
More Muck and Magic (2001)
Kids' Night In (2003) (with others)
Singing for Mrs Pettigrew (2006)
Three for Tea (2006) (with Anne Fine and Jacqueline Wilson)
Animal Tales (2008)
Free? (2009) (with others)
Magic Beans (2011) (with others)
Snow Tales (2012)
Michael Morpurgo Christmas Stories (2012)
Stories of War (2013)
Island Tales (2013)
Of Lions and Unicorns (2013)
Best Mates (2015)
Christmas Stories (2015)
Morpurgo Collection (2016)
Greatest Animal Stories (2016)
Greatest Magical Stories (2018)
Magical Myths and Legends (2018)
Winter Stories (2019)
Carnival of the Animals (poems) (2021)
Barney the Horse (2022)
My Heart was a Tree (poems) (2023)
Michael Morpurgo's Tales from Shakespeare (2023)
Katerina the Cat and Other Tales from the Farm (2024)
Lucky the Dog and Other Tales from the Farm (2025)
Animal Magic (2025)
More Tales from Shakespeare (2025)
Michael Morpurgo's Christmas Stories (2026)
Anthologies edited
Ghostly Haunts (1994)
Beyond the Rainbow Warrior (1996) (with Michael Foreman)
Animal Stories (1999)
The Kingfisher Book of Great Boy Stories (2000)
Because a Fire Was in My Head (2001)
The Kingfisher Treasury of Classic Stories (2002) (with Rosemary Sandberg)
Orchard Book of Aesops Fables (2004)
War (2005)
Wild at Heart (2008)
The Birthday Book (2008) (with Quentin Blake)
War Stories (2009)
Only Remembered (2014)
Beyond the Rainbow Warrior (1996) (with Michael Foreman)
Animal Stories (1999)
The Kingfisher Book of Great Boy Stories (2000)
Because a Fire Was in My Head (2001)
The Kingfisher Treasury of Classic Stories (2002) (with Rosemary Sandberg)
Orchard Book of Aesops Fables (2004)
War (2005)
Wild at Heart (2008)
The Birthday Book (2008) (with Quentin Blake)
War Stories (2009)
Only Remembered (2014)
Series contributed to
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Picture Books show
Chapter Books show
Non fiction show
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Michael Morpurgo
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Michael Morpurgo recommends
The Secret Key (2023)
(Stolen Dreams Adventures, book 2)
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"A new and important voice for young people."
Impossible Creatures (2023)
(Impossible Creatures, book 1)
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"There was Tolkien, there is Pullman and now there is Katherine Rundell. Wondrous invention, marvellous writing. This book is her best yet, and that's saying something. Just riveting, quite extraordinary."
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