The Fox and the Ghost King

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As someone who's lived just down the road from Richard III's famous car park, I loved to read about his 'involvement' in Leicester City's unforgettable championship.

The Fox and the Ghost King - Michael Morpurgo The Fox and the Ghost King - Michael Morpurgo

It wad an animal ghost adventure story and a these foxe's meet a ghost who is a was a king and wants his bones to be found it was unusual yet good . Michael Morpurgo has now grown the original story, creating a beautiful fable of an underdog win and the love between a father and son. Where My Wellies Take Me, by Michael and Clare Morpurgo, uses 40 evocative poems to celebrate the wonder of childhood, germinating a love of verse that will stay with pupils for many years to come.

We are opposite sides of the same coin and, although his work has never influenced mine, I admire the eloquent, considered voice of his best books. Michael's books have been translated into many languages including Chinese, Bulgarian and Hungarian, Hebrew and Japanese. He travels all over the UK and abroad talking to people of all ages at literary festivals, telling his stories and encouraging them to tell theirs.

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His novel War Horse has been successfully adapted as a West End and Broadway theatre play and a major film by Steven Spielberg. Below you will find various activities for your students to explore the themes touched upon in Michael Morpurgo 'The Fox and The Ghost King' . Great for those who like football as well as those more interested in real foxes, and witty enough for adults to enjoy too. Explore the spark of an idea in starting the writing process, map out your poetry project in your local area and create an inspiration scrapbook with this free PDF of classroom ideas. He has an unerring moral compass – his schoolteacher past has never quite left him – and books such as War Horse and The Butterfly Lion have a strong social concience and an honesty that makes them universal.This sweet story weaves Michael Morpurgo's effortless storytelling with ancient and very recent history. As well as being a masterclass in evocative descriptive writing, it provides an excellent opportunity for teaching narrative point of view. Helped by his new friends, Omar becomes Son of Gulliver – a role that requires him to develop peacemaking abilities. The Butterfly Lion provides a motivating and memorable way of teaching children to control shifts in time in their own writing.

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Action for Children’s Arts is delighted to recognise Michael’s outstanding contribution by presenting him with the J M Barrie Award 2016. He has won numerous awards including those voted for by children themselves, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Children’s Book Award. Michael Morpurgo has thrilled and delighted huge numbers of young readers since becoming a children’s author in the early 1970s," Wood said.A former Children's Laureate, Michael is also the co-founder, with his wife Clare, of the charity Farms for City Children.