Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and 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. Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic and nations favourite childrens novel In the deadly chaos of. War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who 'has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers' (The Guardian). Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times. 2011 by General Jack Seely (Author), Brough Scott (Editor), Sir Alfred Munnings (Illustrator) 294 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 8.39 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 3.49 19 Used from 1.12 Paperback 3.98 11 Used from 1.19 1 Collectible from 18. In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Warrior: The Amazing Story of a Real War Horse Hardcover 10 Oct. Look out for Morpurgo's other war fiction including Friend or Foe, Waiting for Anya, King of the Cloud Forests and An Eagle in the Snow. Book Description This is a stunning collectors edition of the wartime classic. A great way of introducing young readers to the realities of WWI.

The National Theatre production opened in 2007 and has enjoyed successful runs in the West End and on Broadway. War Horse was adapted by Steven Spielberg as a major motion picture with Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, and Benedict Cumberbatch. The power of war and the beauty of peace. One horse has the seen the best and the worst of humanity. In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic children's novel.

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