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Beauty and the Beast by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$15.00 AUD
Category: Picture Books
A captivating retelling of the nation's favourite fairy tale, from the nation's favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. After encountering a fearsome beast at a mysterious palace, down-on-his-luck merchant Marco is forced to make a promise in exchange for his life: he must persuade one of his three dau ...Show more
Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$22.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
In fifth-century Denmark, a murderous monster stalks the night, and only the great prince of the Geats has the strength and courage to defeat him. Beowulf's terrifying quest to destroy Grendel, the foul fiend, a hideous sea-hag and a monstrous fire-dragon is the oldest surviving epic in British literatu ...Show more
Homecoming by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$24.95 AUD
Category: Picture Books
This is a tender, lyrical tale inspired by the author's childhood in an idyllic English village, with environmental and conservational themes. In this involving tale, master storyteller Michael Morpurgo tells of a boyhood in an idyllic Suffolk village fifty years ago. The village is a stone's throw from ...Show more
King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$14.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Michael Morpurgo is a master storyteller, former Children's Laureate and multi-award winner. This is a fresh reissue of a much-loved story with a beautiful new cover. Escaping from China as the Japanese invade, Ashley and Uncle Sung embark on a perilous journey across the Himalayas. Then Ashley finds hi ...Show more
Little Albatross by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$14.95 AUD
Category: Picture Books
The last snows of winter are melting away and Little Albatross sits snug in the warmth of Mother Albatross' feathers. He grows bigger and stronger, until one day Mother and Father Albatross go fishing together, leaving Little Albatross alone for the first time. Will they return in time to save him from ...Show more
Little Manfred by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$20.00 AUD
Category: Fiction (5 to 8 years)
The heart-lifting, heartbreaking new story by Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller. In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German prisoner of war for the children of the British family with which he stayed after the fighting ended. This is the story of how it got ...Show more
Mr Skip by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$9.99 AUD
Category: Fiction (5 to 8 years)
Believing in magic makes dreams come true...Jackie dreams of having a horse of her own, one that'll be the fastest on the estate, the fastest in all Ireland and the fastest in the world. Mum dreams of a little cottage in the country for her and Jackie to live in. What they get is a garden gnome that Jac ...Show more
The Dancing Bear by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$11.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
In a tiny village high in the mountains, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable, beloved and kept safe by the whole village, until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear in the circus. A gentle and deeply moving story with great charm b ...Show more
The Kites are Flying by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
A television reporter's extraordinary experience in the West Bank reveals how children's hopes and dreams for peace and unity can fly higher than any wall built to divide communities and religions. Travelling to the West Bank to witness how life is for Palestinians and Jews living in the shadow of a div ...Show more
The Pied Piper of Hamelin by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$32.95 AUD
Category: Picture Books
This is a spell-binding modern retelling of a classic children's tale by master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, with glorious illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark. In the town of Hamelin, the rich and greedy live like kings and queens while the poor and sick scavenge rubbish tips for scraps. A lame orph ...Show more
The White Horse of Zennor by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$14.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Since the beginning of time, strange and mysterious things have happened here...At the furthest edge of Britain, where the sea gently washes over the land and myths brush against reality, lies Zennor. Set in a churchtown where men become beats and ghosts roam freely, these are haunting and unforgettable ...Show more
The Wreck of the Zanzibar by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$14.95 AUD
Category: Fiction (8 to 12 years)
Life on the Scilly Isles in 1907 is bleak and full of hardship. Laura's twin brother, Billy, disappears, and then a storm devastates everything. It seems there's little hope, that is until the Zanzibar is wrecked on the island's rocks and everything changes.