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Informationen zum Autor Sir Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the greatest storytellers for children writing today and has written more than one hundred books, the most famous of which, War Horse , has been adapted for stage and screen to international acclaim. He has won numerous major literary awards, including the Nestlé Children’s Book Prize and the Whitbread Children’s Book Award, and was Children’s Laureate 2003–2005. In 2006 he was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to literature, and in 2018 he was made a Knight Bachelor. Michael now lives on a farm in Devon with his wife, Clare, and describes himself as “oldish, married with three children, and a grandfather six times over”. Visit Michael's website at www.michaelmorpurgo.com. Christian Birmingham is a British artist who has illustrated some of the finest authors in children’s and adult literature. With Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo OBE he won the Whitbread (now Costa) Children’s Book of the Year, the Smarties Book Prize and the Red House Children’s Book Award; he has also been shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award and the Kate Greenaway Medal. His illustration artwork has been exhibited at the Mall Galleries, Dover Street Gallery and the Australian High Commission in London; his landscapes have been shown at The New English Art Club, Royal Society of Marine Artists and The Pastel Society. Klappentext A fictional account of the day a whale swam up the Thames, in which the whale makes an environmental plea to the boy who first sees him.A fictional account of the day a whale swam up the Thames, in which the whale makes an environmental plea to the boy who first sees him.
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The story emphasises the importance of the child as the guarantor of the future. It is a beautifully produced book with dreamy, soft-focused illustrations of the Thames and the whale's damning pictures of environmental damage. A great starting point for environmental discussion in the senior primary classroom. Inis Magazine
