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Michael Morpurgo answers your questions". The Guardian. 2 March 2011. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 5 January 2020. Like his friend and mentor, the late Ted Hughes, Morpurgo has a passionate concern for nature and the environment. Like Hughes before him, Morpurgo feels that inspiring children with an awareness of their connection to the natural world will in turn encourage them to take responsibility for the environment. As discussed above, this is a fundamental part of Morpurgo’s farming charity and, as he points out, these issues also occur frequently in his novels: a b c d "Michael Morpurgo wins Children's Book Award for fourth time". BBC News. 11 June 2017 . Retrieved 11 June 2017. a b "Michael Morpurgo". Children's Laureate (childrenslaureate.org.uk). Booktrust. Retrieved 28 September 2013.

a b c "How a horse changed my life". saga.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 July 2013 . Retrieved 18 May 2013. Michael Morpurgo is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Child, Ben (18 June 2010). "Steven Spielberg unveils cast for War Horse adaptation". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 5 January 2020. In 2016, he condemned government plans to extend grammar schools as divisive and "quite deeply stupid". [89]In 2011, War Horse was adapted by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis as a British film directed by Steven Spielberg. [68] The film was nominated numerous awards, including six Academy Awards and five BAFTA Awards. [69] Entering into even more difficult territory, The Mozart Question (2007) depicts the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust in a manner that is suitable for young readers. Paolo Levi is now an old man, telling a young reporter his story of life in a concentration camp. Though Morpurgo does not shy away from the pain and suffering experienced by Holocaust victims, the narrative structure of a story told in retrospect provides a little distance, along with the uplifting sense of one who survived, which ultimately affirms the strength of the human spirit. First world war centenary is a year to honour the dead but not to glorify The Guardian, 1 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

Smallman, Etan (7 October 2015). "Penguin Books' defining cultural moment". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022 . Retrieved 5 January 2020. In a January 2014 article, Morpurgo stated "as we begin to mark the centenary of the first world war, we should honour those who died, most certainly, and gratefully too, but we should never glorify... Come each November over the next four years, let the red poppy and the white poppy be worn together to honour those who died, to keep our faith with them, to make of this world a place where freedom and peace can reign together." [86]St Faith's Headmaster letter of recommendation". Archived from the original on 27 August 2018 . Retrieved 2 April 2020. Grammar school plans are divisive and stupid, says Michael Morpurgo" . Retrieved 16 September 2016.

A spell-binding collection of short stories from Britain s best-loved children s author, Michael Morpurgo. a b "Michael Morpurgo. Author of Fantastic Books For 10–14 Year Olds". www.best-books-for-kids.com . Retrieved 5 January 2020. In the run-up to the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Morpurgo expressed his support for the European Union in an interview with the BBC, [90] and reinforced this with a ten-minute BBC Radio 4 ' Point of View' on 5 August 2018.

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Trueman, Matt (11 March 2016). " 'War Horse' Closes in Britain, but Its Influence Gallops On". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 5 January 2020. Lyall, Sarah. "Undaunted Author of ‘War Horse’ Reflects on Unlikely Hit". The New York Times. 11 April 2011; retrieved 17 April 2011. A gripping war story by Britain s best-loved children s author and the man behind War Horse, Michael Morpurgo.

Waiting for Anya was adapted as a film of the same title released in 2020. [70] Reception and influence [ edit ] Gentle Giant was presented as an opera by composer Stephen McNeff and librettist Mike Kenny at the Royal Opera House in 2006. Film versions have been made of Friend or Foe (1981), Private Peaceful (2012) and When the Whales Came (1989), the latter also being adapted to a stage play. My Friend Walter (1988) 'Purple Penguins' (2000) and Out of the Ashes (2001) have been adapted for television. On 15 March 2011, the show premiered on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater. [65] The play's Broadway production won five Tony Awards, including Best Play. It went on several UK tours and was also staged in Australia, Canada, China, Germany, and The Netherlands. [66] [67] It was seen by seven million people outside the UK. a b Singh, Anita (2 June 2012). "Michael Morpurgo plans to make up for shotgun wedding". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022 . Retrieved 5 January 2020.Michael Morpurgo: 'History tells me what I need to know about Europe' ". BBC News. 29 April 2016 . Retrieved 28 August 2017. Long Way Home is a heartfelt tale of an orphaned boy in search of family from Britain’s best-loved children’s author, Michael Morpurgo. Composer Stephen Barlow created a musical adaptation of Rainbow Bear, narrated by his wife Joanna Lumley. This was subsequently presented as a ballet by the National Youth Ballet of Great Britain in August 2010. [61] King of the Cloud Forests is a gripping and heartfelt war story from Britain s best-loved children s author, Michael Morpurgo.