Few writers have had as profound an impact on young readers as Michael Morpurgo. With more than 150 books to his name, the former Children’s Laureate has a remarkable ability to craft stories ...

You likely read Michael Morpurgo’s books as a child; these works – War Horse, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Private Peaceful, to name but a few – introduce children to harder themes while rooting ...

Photo: Dave Hogan, Getty Michael Morpurgo: "I decided to make up my own ... because I was fond of books and stories instead. My mum had read to me often, and Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky had ...

‘Michael Morpurgo HQ’, where his collaborators and friends come to talk and work The Tea House is full of light and uncluttered. The objects that are there speak of family, books and, of ...

So writes Michael Morpurgo, the children’s author behind such classics as War Horse and Private Peaceful. And it’s the English countryside that has inspired his writing as much as anything ...

Michael Morpurgo’s beloved book War Horse burst ... Here, Michael penned most of his 150 books and struck up a friendship with neighbour Ted Hughes – the two would launch the Children ...

After going to the GP with what he thought was indigestion last year, Sir Michael Morpurgo found ... that’s just what happens.” Many of Morpurgo’s fictional books tackle the consequences ...