The Fox and the Ghost King

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This book is a riveting read and wonderful at engaging football mad kids into reading. The story is really gripping and brilliantly moulded into manageable sized chapters. The plot is fast moving and keeps you wanting to read on. It also cleverly grabs your attention to want to find out more about this period in history. The story of the ghost king found under the car park is gripping for adults and children alike. Michael Morpurgo expertly uses animals, in this case a family of foxes to weave a thoroughly magical and yet believable tale about winning when it seems impossible. I loved this book for its brilliant story telling and vivid illustrations by Michael Foreman which really brought it to life. It has been exclusively created to be used with episode nine of the Author In Your Classroom podcast. This is a virtual ‘author visit’ you can share with children whenever you like, absolutely free! This text can provide a great model for first-person writing. Children can invent new adventures for Pinocchio or retell another familiar story with themselves in the role of the protagonist. Times of war Friend or Foe 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."

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Rich with historical detail and beautifully illustrated, this is a touching and inspirational portrayal of farming life and familial ties. A delightful version of the much-loved story, this version is told by the puppet himself. ‘The truth is I’m not just a puppet, I’m more than just bits of wood and string. I’m me. So I thought it was about time that I, Pinocchio, told you my story…’ If you have a young football fan in your life who can tell you that Football + Foxes = Leicester City, then this might be the read for them. Even if they aren’t a big fan of football, this fun tale combines foxes with sport, history and even a touch of Shakespeare as it provides a supernatural reason for why the underdogs won the Premiere League last season.

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Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. Home > This year, the theme is horses. This is to celebrate 40 years of the Morpurgo’s modern classic, War Horse. Use this month to introduce pupils to this beautiful tale. Reference Col 1 Times Books A-Z Astronomy Gardening National Parks National Trust Books Road Maps & Atlases World Atlases

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Revision Col 3 Collins at Home | Support for schools Home tutors Letts Revision Collins4Parents Collins Book Sale Revision for students Use Morpurgo’s tale of a boy who spies a bottlenose whale in the Thames as the centrepiece of your next Key Stage 2 storybook curriculum. Every fox in the whole town, in the whole country just about, is a football fan...And we all have an impossible dream. In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch football - all foxes do. But their favourite team keeps losing and losing, and it seems like things will never look up. That is, until Daddy Fox finds the ghost of a king, buried underneath a car park. A king who wishes only to be free. Release me, says the Ghost King, and I can do anything. Just tell me your greatest wish. For these football-loving foxes, might everything be about to change...? In the story "Fox and the Ghost King", a fox (the Leicester City team is also known as the Foxes), is hanging around the car park when she hears the voice of the king. He promises Fox he will grant her greatest wish if she leads the archaeologists looking for him to where he is buried.As a child, I remember listening with baited breath as our headteacher read Friend or Foealoud in assembly. He was sure to always stop on a cliffhanger so we’d have to wait a whole week to find out what happened next. This book is a novel about a family of foxes who support Leicester City FC. One night after attending a match, they come across a strange voice coning from underground in a car park. This is the story of how the foxes dig out Richard III and in doing so, bless Leicester City with their first Premier League win I took one star off because the appendix includes incorrect information about the Wars of the Roses - e.g. Richard's title, he was Duke of Gloucester, not Duke of York - and due to the fact that the book could have been much longer. I read it in an hour. David Wood, chair of Action for Children’s Arts, said Morpurgo is “one of our greatest storytellers”. A delightful tale of victory against all odds from master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo, lavishly illustrated by Michael Foreman.

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This was a beautiful clever story that impeccably ties up two of the biggest stories of Leicester in 2016 – the finding of Richard III and winning the football. In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch football, all foxes do. One day, they are surprised by a ghostly voice coming from deep underground. The stranger promises to grant the foxes their dearest wish if they only set him free.While listening to the story, groups of children could be given different topics from the books to research: the Camargue, the occupation of France during WWII, flamingos, carousels. My favourite childhood book. The Fox and the Ghost King blends the love for football and foxes, and follows a heart-warming story of a fox family going on a short adventure and meeting an intriguing ghost. Each worksheet features a variety of writing, comprehension and research activities for pupils to carry out. These include writing a timeline of Joan of Arc’s life and describing how you met your best friend. Dictionaries & language learning Col 1 Dictionaries Paul Noble Easy learning languages Free dictionary resources

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If I’m honest I would have liked a bit more to have happened between the foxes and the ghost, but as it stands it’s fun and fast and cleverly ties up some of the more unusual occurrences in the city of Leicester over recent years. A lovely short read. Another Murpurgo book written in the first person with animals as the main characters. This was one of the first Murpurgo books my son read independently, at the age of 7. He loved it and I have only got round to reading it myself 3 years later. This novel is partly fantasy fiction and partly historical fiction. The body of Richard III was uncovered under a car park in Leicester and Leicester City FC did recently win the Premiership. For generations of teachers, myself included, Michael Morpurgo’s books are an integral part of school life. Michael Morpurgo captures the imagination and in a short space of time creates a curiosity to find out more about foxes, Richard III and archaeology. And maybe, just maybe gain an interest in football? The possibilities are endless.This is the story of a little cub who is not only the eldest of the litter but also the peskiest who nags his father into letting him accompany him to the matches (his father never misses one). In this free PDF there are loads of ideas and writing opportunities. These range from environmental information pamphlets and persuasive letters to news reports. Helped by his new friends, Omar becomes Son of Gulliver – a role that requires him to develop peacemaking abilities. A cute little fairytale for football fans and animal lovers, especially those from Leicester. 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. A warm and funny story for younger readers, about two foxes, a ghost and one of the biggest archaeological discoveries in living memory…