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. As we move beyond centenary commemorations and continue to strive for peace across the world, War Horse remains an important book for generations to come. Michael Morpurgo’s moving testament to the thousands of horses that died during the first world war was based on a painting that never was the stage adaptation will show at the Hong Kong. Thispowerful book for younger readers tells the enduring story of a friendship between a boy and his horse and is a gateway to help children understand the history and deadly chaos of the First World War. Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo has adapted his much-loved novel, War Horse, for a picture book audience. Illustrated throughout, it brings the beloved children’s classic to life for kids aged 5 to 7 years old. The story recounts the experiences of Joey, a horse bought by the Army for service in World War I in France and the attempts of 15-year-old Albert, his previous owner, to bring him safely home. It was first published in Great Britain by Kaye & Ward in 1982.
Michael Morpurgo’s global bestselling children’s book War Horse has been adapted into a picture book for the first time. War Horse is a British war novel by Michael Morpurgo.
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