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Gentle Giant by Michael Morpurgo
$5.63 NZD
Category: Picture books
On an island way out in the middle of a lake there once lived a sad young man. He was sad because he had grown up into a giant of a man, very big, very strong and very frightening. Because of this, no one liked to go near him. So his only friends were the wild creatures that lived all around him.
Ghost of Grania O'Malley by Michael Morpurgo, M.B.E.
$14.95 NZD
$17.99 (16% off)
Category: Fiction - middle
'Up there it's like you belong, like you're part of something that's been going on for thousands of years. It's special, real special, a living, breathing thing. You cut the top off Big Hill and you'd be killing it for sure.' There is gold in the Big Hill on Clare Island. It would make many of the islan ...Show more
I Believe in Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo
$30.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - junior
Set in a library, this intimate show is a tale of the power of books and the bravery of a young boy called Tomas. Tomas loves playing in the mountains where he lives, and he hates reading and school. But his world is turned upside down the day he meets the Unicorn Lady in his local library...
I Believe in Unicorns by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$16.99 NZD
Category: Picture books | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
Tomas hates school, hates books and hates stories. Forced to visit the library, he stops to listen to magical tales that the Unicorn Lady spins. These tales draw him in and are about to change the course of his life for ever...Set against the backdrop of war-torn Europe, "I Believe in Unicorns" explores ...Show more
In the Mouth of the Wolf (HB) by Michael Morpurgo
$33.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
Michael Morpurgo’s wonderful storytelling and Barroux’s stunning artwork combine to tell the true story of Michael’s uncles against the epic backdrop of World War Two. Francis and Pieter are brothers. As shadow of one war lingers, and the rumbles of another approach, the brothers argue. Francis is a fi ...Show more
It's a Dog's Life by Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E.
$19.00 NZD
$19.99 (4% off)
Category: Picture books
Lula always likes me to go with her to the end of the lane. She loves a bit of a cuddle and a lick or two before the school bus comes. 'Oh Russ', she whispers. 'A horse. It's all I want for my birthday.' And I'm thinking - 'Scuse me, but what's so great about a horse? Isn't a dog good enough.' Michael's ...Show more
Joan of Arc by Michael Morpurgo
$34.95 NZD
$54.95 (36% off)
Category: Gift books - children
On learning she is to move to Orleans, the scene of Joan of Arc's greatest triumph, Eloise is delighted. One day she hears a voice, just as Joan had done years before, and the voice tells her the story of Joan of Arc as it really happened.
Joan of Arc by Michael Morpurgo
$16.95 NZD
Category: Biography, YA,children
As she grows up Eloise becomes more and more fascinated by Joan of Arc so when she learns that she is to move to Orleans, the scene of Joan of Arc's greatest truimph, she is delighted. But Eloise is lonely at her new school. She takes refuge by the riverbank. One day she hears a voice, just as Joan had ...Show more
Kensuke's Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo
$24.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
The story of a young boy's fantastic adventure after being washed up on a Pacific island - adapted for the stage by acclaimed dramatist Stuart Paterson from the best-selling novel by Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo. Michael embarks on a round-the-world sailing voyage with his parents, only for the ...Show more
King in the Forest: Gripping Tales by Michael Morpurgo, M.B.E.
$17.99 NZD
Category: Children, first books | Series: Gripping Tales
As a boy, Tod saves the small white fawn from certain death. They grow up together but when the fine stag leaves, Tod could never have predicted that he would become so powerful that he becomes King. And no kingdom can have two kings.
Listen to the Moon by Michael Morpurgo
$17.00 NZD
Category: Fiction - middle
May, 9 5. Alfie and his fisherman father find a girl on an uninhabited island in the Scillies injured, thirsty, lost and with absolutely no memory of who she is, or how she came to be there. She can say only one word: Lusy. Where has she come from? Is she a mermaid, the victim of a German U-boat, or eve ...Show more
Little Foxes by Michael Morpurgo, M.B.E.
$14.95 NZD
$17.99 (16% off)
Category: Fiction - middle | Reading Level: From 9 To 99
Bullied at school, nagged at home, there's only one place Billy feels really alive and happy--in the wilderness by the canal. There he watches over a family of fox cubs as they grow toward maturity. Then his secret is discovered, and the fox family is decimated. Unwanted, unloved, Billy and the one surv ...Show more