The Fox and the Ghost King

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Michael Morpurgo, began writing stories in the early '70's, in response to the children in his class at the primary school where he taught in Kent.

The Fox and the Ghost King Michael Morpurgo KS2 or KS3 - Tes The Fox and the Ghost King Michael Morpurgo KS2 or KS3 - Tes

As well as being a masterclass in evocative descriptive writing, it provides an excellent opportunity for teaching narrative point of view. We build and maintain all our own systems, but we don’t charge for access, sell user information, or run ads.The Fox and the Ghost King will publish on 22nd September 2016 in hardback with simultaneous audiobook and e-book launches. He has written over 100 books and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, Blue Peter Book Award and the Whitbread Award. He sits outside the series-driven blockbusters so beloved of publishers nowadays: he hasn't created a Harry Potter or an Alex Rider – and I admire him for resisting that. This is a great book for young readers (girls and boys ages 6 to 9) who love British football (soccer). However, the ending of the book makes the reader happy for the family as their team are starting to win.

The Fox and the Ghost King - Michael Morpurgo The Fox and the Ghost King - Michael Morpurgo

This collection features retellings of ten Shakespeare plays, each illustrated by a different artist.His novel War Horse has been successfully adapted as a West End and Broadway theatre play and a major film by Steven Spielberg. They currently own three farms where over 2000 children a year stay for a week and experience the countryside by taking part in purposeful farmwork.

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Morpurgo’s books are always really accessible and good for someone who is maybe just starting to read independently but this story could easily be read aloud as well. Leicester City Football team pulling off one of the greatest wins in football history and let’s not forget the discovery of the burial place of King Richard III and all the excitement this find had in the historical world and of course, being able to finally give the king the burial he deserved. In this tale of the unlikely friendship between Will and Oona the elephant, Michael Morpurgo captures the setting of the Indonesian rainforest to perfection. When a boy awakens after being stranded on a sandbank, he finds himself confronted by the legendary King Arthur himself. One of the UK’s best-loved authors and storytellers, Michael was appointed Children’s Laureate in 2003, a post he helped to set up with Ted Hughes in 1999.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. Use Morpurgo’s tale of a boy who spies a bottlenose whale in the Thames as the centrepiece of your next Key Stage 2 storybook curriculum.