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Informationen zum Autor Michael Morpurgo OBE was born in 1943 in St Albans and was educated at Kings Canterbury! Sandhurst and Kings College London. He taught for ten years in both state and private schools and is married with three children and six grandchildren. His first book was published in 1975 and he has since published over 100 titles. His books have been translated into over twenty languages. Michael's books have also been adapted for film and the stage! including most recently the National Theatre's enormously successful production of War Horse. Together with his wife Clare he founded Farms for City Children! an educational charity! in 1976. The organisation now runs three farms welcoming over 3!000 children a year. In 1999 he was awarded an MBE for services to youth! and in 2006 he was awarded an OBE. His books have won the Whitbread Award (The Wreck Of Zanzibar)! the Smarties Book Prize (The Butterfly Lion)! the Children's Book Award (Kensuke's Kingdom) and Cercle D'Or Prix Sorciere (King Of The Cloud Forests)! the Blue Peter Book Award and the Califonia Young Reader Medal (Private Peaceful)! the Independent Booksellers' Book of the Year Award (Alone On A Wide Wide Sea) and several have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Michael was Children's Laureate from 2003-2005. Klappentext A gift edition of 5 Morpurgo Christmas stories: "The Best Christmas Present In The World! On Angel Wings! The Best Of Times! The Goose Is Getting Fat" and "Mimi & The Mountain Dragon". These are illustrated by some top names: Helen Stephens! Quentin Blake! Emma Chichester Clark! Michael Foreman and Sophie Allsopp. Zusammenfassung Each individual Christmas story also features beautiful illustrations from the biggest names in children's books - from Roald Dah's illustrator Quentin Blake to Michael Foreman and Emma Chichester Clark to Sophie Allsopp and Helen Stephens.The perfect Christmas storytime experience for children aged 4 and up. ...
