About the Book

A richly illustrated gift picture book edition of Michael Morpurgo’s classic wartime story War Horse, which has been captivating audiences young and old for 40 years.

War Horse celebrates its 40th anniversary in 2022!

This powerful book for younger readers tells the enduring story of a friendship between a boy and his horse amid the turmoil of the First World War. For 40 years, War Horse has been helping children understand conflict. As we move beyond centenary commemorations and continue to strive for peace across the world, it remains an important book for young readers learning about the past.

Review for the novel:
War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who ‘has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers’ – Guardian

Michael Morpurgo 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.

Product Details

• ISBN: 9781405292443
• ISBN 10: 140529244X
• Imprint: Farshore
• On Sale: 10/01/2020
• Pages: 48
• List Price:22.99 CAD
• Ages: 5 to 8
• BISAC1 : JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars
• BISAC2 : JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Horses
• BISAC3 : JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
• BISAC4 : JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues
• BISAC5 : JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General

Michael Morpurgo

Biography

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children, and has sold more than 35 million books around the world. He has written more than 150 novels and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Whitbread Award and the Blue Peter Book Award, while several of his books have been adapted for stage and screen, including the global theatrical phenomenon War Horse. Michael was Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005, and founded the charity Farms for City Children with his wife, Clare. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

Emma Chichester Clark studied art at the Royal College of Art. She has worked as a freelancer for magazines, publishers and advertising agencies as well as teaching art for several years, but now dedicates most of her time to children’s books. She won the Mother Goose Award for Best Newcomer and has been nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Other Works by Michael Morpurgo

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  Michael Morpurgo’s Tales from Shakespeare

  By Michael Morpurgo

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  An Eagle in the Snow

  By Michael Morpurgo

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  Born to Run

  By Michael Morpurgo

Other Works by Tom Clohosy Cole

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  War Horse picture book: A beloved modern classic adapted for a new generation of readers

  By Tom Clohosy Cole