Q&A with Michael Morpurgo

Hello Michael - I do like the look of this book. How did you choose the poems and have you written any yourself?

Hi Michael,

Not really a question but a Thank You! For the stories and the farms! I had the privilege to take children from a school in South London to the farm at St David's. It was a fabulous week for them and for the adults too! The children talked about it for weeks and weeks when they got home and still, on Facebook, as adults in their 20s, they mention it still! A life changing experience for many of them. What was so important was the quality of the environment from the art work to the design of the building. So often people do not offer children high quality & then wonder why they do not get quality back!

As a teacher & parent/grandparent I have read your books to children and they have always been loved and enjoyed... which is the point of reading a story book! So thanks for all the stories!
I hope you still have more to write!

I am in the position of writing a childrens story. It has begun as one theme, has developed into a different theme and will have to re-connect to the original story to finish. It could even develop into two seperate stories.

Do you find that this is a common situation, and has it happened to you?

(But don't spoil any ones illusions!)

Thank you Michael!

I've just seen the film of Private Peaceful and felt it was more true to the spirit of the book than the film of War Horse. Not sure if you'd agree with me on that. I suppose the stage play of War Horse spoiled me for the film anyway [a hard act to follow] and I do understand that War Horse had to be aimed at a huge audience, but I hope Private Peaceful gets the recognition it deserves.