A timeless collection to capture our literary heritage
Shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel award, 2007;
shortlisted for the Glen Dimplex New Author award, 2007;
shortlisted for the Edge Hill short story prize, 2009. Michael
Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved authors.
A prolific writer, he has won numerous awards and was the
Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His world-famous War Horse
met with international acclaim and has been made into a stage play
and a film.
Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Childrens Literature at
Newcastle University. She has advised on and contributed to many
children's literature broadcasts, programmes, films and other
projects, including for the
V&A Museum, British Library and British Council. In 2013 she
won the International Brothers Grimm Award for an outstanding body
of research into children's literature. She is a trustee of Seven
Stories, the National Centre for Childrens Books in Newcastle and
was a founder-member of the UK Childrens Laureate.
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