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Running Wild? Instil a love of reading instead from children's author Michael Morpurgo
27 May 2010
and pick up a bargain...Michael Morpurgo is a prolific children's writer, who has the extraordinary ability to captivate children's imagination, and simultaneously educate about a particular time or place, with his fascinating stories.
For any parent who struggles to engage their children in reading books; look no further than Michael Morpurgo, as there really is a story for every child, whatever their interest, age or reading ability.
Michael has won many awards for his books, and some of his stories have enjoyed several sell out theatre seasons, most notably, the moving War Horse, a WW1 story, which depicts the horrors of the war through the eyes of a farm horse that was sold to the army and used as in the cavalry.
Michael Morpurgo seems to take a fresh look at the natural world and history in action; objects, animals, toys or perhaps hobbies that would normally provoke children's questions, are transformed into the most amazing stories, giving such depth, value and meaning, that ensures somehow you never think of them as ordinary again. Take for example, Farm Boy, the story of a competition between the traditional way of ploughing using a horse and the modern method of a tractor, or Kenshuke's Kingdom, the most exciting and dramatic adventure of a boy, Michael, who falls of his families boat and has to survive on an island, where following a near death experience when stung by a jellyfish, he learns the value of friendship and interdependence.
A reverence of animals and nature are a persistent theme in Morpurgo's work. His most recent book Running Wild is a captivating story about Will, a boy escaping from the trauma of the death of his father in a war, who then experiences a tsunami in Indonesia, where he had gone on holiday with his mother. Using his wits, he follows Oona and together they discover how to survive. Running Wild is currently in the best seller list and is receiving 5 star reviews, as well as the advice that every adult as well as child should read this book.
This is the real beauty of Michael Morpurgo; even if you are a totally exhausted parent who is being pestered to read the bedtime story, these books are never an ordeal to read. Those dreaded long holiday journeys are turned into a joy with Morpurgo's audio books.
Note that a full selection of Michael Morpurgo's books in hardcover, paperback and Audio CD can be browsed using our author pages, and it from here you can guarantee to easily find availability and the cheapest prices using our price comparison service.
