My Friend Walter: perfect for all fans of Horrible Histories!

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The family are given a large sum of money as a reward for finding them, and with that money, they buy another farm. Walter was right you see. Everything did turn out all right! David Wood, chair of Action for Children’s Arts, said Morpurgo is “one of our greatest storytellers”. Several of his other stories have been adapted for screen and stage, including My Friend Walter, Why the Whales Came and Kensuke's Kingdom. Michael has won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children's Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times.

My Friend Walter’ is a great ghostly story from Michael Morpurgo and whilst maybe not up there with his best (for me – War Horse, Kensuke’s Kingdom, Private Peaceful, An Elephant in the Garden and Alone on the Wide, Wide Sea) it is still a very well-constructed and written great short read. This book is amazing it is highly recommended for kids over 6 because it does have some smoking that some parents may not like there children reading when they are six or under. It also may scare some children because there’s a ghost that was executed and that comes up quite a lot in the story. If you like scary and comedy and fantasy then this is your book. A son and grandson of actors, Michael has acting in his blood and enjoys collaborating and performing live adaptations of his books at festivals, concerts and theatres. This book follows a girl called Bess who goes to a family reunion. She meets a stranger who tells her to visit the Bloody Tower, in London. Bess sees Sir Walter Raleigh in London and Walter asks Bess if he can come and live on her estate.Thank you for uploading this, I was having real trouble having some inspiration for my castles and kings topic in English, but this has really helped and saved me for the next 2 weeks! Morpurgo added: “Storymakers and storytellers like Barrie, and like all the previous winners of this award, have given us the hope and faith children need, we need, to keep flying, have sustained us through dark and troubled times, have banished doubt. To touch the lives of children, to witness their listening and reading silence, is reward enough in itself. This is simply the icing on the cake.” How will Bess explain Sir Walter to her family? Especially when he breaks her brother’s fishing rod, steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room!

For more information about the work of Farms for City Children, please visit www.farmsforcitychildren.org Michael Morpurgo has thrilled and delighted huge numbers of young readers since becoming a children’s author in the early 1970s," Wood said. "Action for Children’s Arts is delighted to recognise Michael’s outstanding contribution by presenting him with the J M Barrie Award 2016. His work will undoubtedly, like Peter Pan, stand the test of time, making him a truly worthy recipient of this award."

My Friend Walter by Michael Morpurgo is an amazing KS2 story to cover whilst covering a Tudor England topic. Remember Sir Walter Raleigh, who laid his cloak in a puddle so Queen Elizabeth I could walk across? Well, Bess meets his ghost and finds out she’s his ancestor! However, if you would like to refer to the text, in chapter 7, we discover the mischievous old ghost (Sir Walter) sets about restoring the family’s fortune, while all the time Bess has to try to keep the presence of a ghost in the house a secret. Sir Walter comes up with his own scheme to steal the orb from the Crown Jewels to help raise money for the farm. In a moment of national crisis, the Orb from the Crown Jewels has been stolen and the children are set the task of writing a report about the Crown Jewels. As newly appointed researchers and writers for Newsround, they need to compare the similarities and difference of the Crown Jewels, as if writing for a younger audience e.g. infants. Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL7969333M Openlibrary_edition

Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing - And one of the major events in the book, is when Bess's gran gets ill! She falls ill after the upsetting news that the farm will have to be sold. Bess of course is distraught. But Walter helps her out, making some sort of potion which will cure Bess's gran. One of the things Walter has done is go in Will's science lab set, and its in one of the bottles from that, so Bess now knows what he was making. Bess puts that in Gran's tea, and most miraculously, Gran is cured. Look out for Michael's other ghostly stories The Ghost of Grania O'Malley and The White Horse of Zennor.

Another great book by Michael Morpurgo, I’ve always loved his books as they are not only fun but also informative and you learn from them as well as enjoying the story. I enjoyed this book so much that I didn’t hear my mum tell me to turn my light off and go to bed. My favourite character is definitely Walter he is very friendly and is a mystery until further into the books. Why he stole the Crown Jewels still baffles me and also why he put them in a young girls room wow Former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo needs no introduction. He is one of the most successful children's authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. Michael has written more than forty books for children including the global hit War Horse, which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011.

I have skimmed through this review, and left out quite a lot of important parts. But the book itself is amazing, and educates us about the important historical figure. I've learnt there is a lot more to Mr. Raleigh than him putting a cloak over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth. A hilarious tale of history come to life, from former children’s laureate and master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. Delightful and heart warming tale of a distant descendent of Sir Walter Raleigh, meeting his ghost! And as a result an even more amazing story emerges from this meeting. Another great book by this fantastic children's author! 7 out of 12, Three Star read. The presentation and lesson can be a stand alone lesson, but was made to accompany the book ‘My Friend Walter’ by Michael Morpurgo. The main focus is writing a report about the Crown Jewels, so can easily be adapted without reference to the rest of the story. Then Bess meets a man, who introduces himself as Walter Raleigh! She;s an ancestor of him, a descendent, and Bess then decides to bring him home with her.Lower Attainers - worksheet with two columns: writing frame, two columns: Similarities and Difference, plus word bank with key vocabulary. Bess has always been known for making up stories - so perhaps Sir Walter was also imaginary, but the reader knows better. We get to learn about the real life of an important historical figure, rather than the basic facts (and misinterpretations) that everyone knows. This story is sweet and charming, with no real problems that are always magically solved by the end. My main reason for rating this three stars, is the confusing mix of language used by the ghost. At times, he uses early modern phrases such as “cur” and “mere trifle” and other times sounds entirely post-modern. I appreciate that for a younger audience, the obsolete language and grammar may have been more difficult to understand, but I definitely think it would have given more realism to the ghostly figure. Also, I find it a little creepy that the ghost only reveals himself as the child character holds a striking similarity to his late wife, but perhaps that’s just me reading too much into it. It was quite funny, and I liked the aspect of Bess having a ghost friend. It wasn't my ideal book as it didn't have any cats in, apart from the one Humph chased. This article about a children's novel of the 1980s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak in a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I to walk across. Now, Bess meets his ghost and finds out he's her ancestor! How's she going to explain him to her family, especially when he breaks her brother's fishing rod, steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room? Will Sir Walter wreak havoc or save her family's home? About This Edition ISBN: