Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew

Singing for Mrs. Pettigrew
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780763636241

Offers eleven short stories, accompanied by essays and commentaries that illuminate the craft of storytelling and the influences of people and places on the author's works.

Singing for Mrs Pettigrew

Singing for Mrs Pettigrew
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781406305746

The former Children's Laureate of Britain takes readers on a literary journey that roams from the warmth of Provence in Meeting Czanne to the music-filled streets of Venice in The Mozart Question. Complementing each tale is an original essay revealing the inspiration behind each story.

The Mozart Question

The Mozart Question
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2015-11
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781406366396

A young journalist goes to Venice, Italy, to interview a famous violinist, who tells the story of his parents' incarceration by the Nazis, and explains why they can no longer listen to the music of Mozart.

I Believe in Unicorns

I Believe in Unicorns
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2015-12-11
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1783199989

Back by popular demand, for a second magical West End season, this intimate show is set in a library full of books that hold more than stories within their pages. It 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 hates reading and school, but his world is turned upside down the day he meets the Unicorn Lady in his local library... An enchanting and interactive show, I Believe in Unicorns sparks the imagination of both young and old. You too will believe in unicorns after joining Tomas's spellbinding journey!Suitable for a family audience and children aged 6+

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Author: Winifred Watson
Publisher: Persephone Books
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2008
Genre: Governesses
ISBN:

A governess is sent by an employment afency to the wrong address, where she encounters a glamourous night-club singer, Miss LaFosse.

Half a Man

Half a Man
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2015-02-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763680915

Revered author Michael Morpurgo evokes the post-war Britain of his childhood in this unflinching and deeply poignant tale of the physical and mental scars of war. From a young age, Michael was both fascinated by and afraid of his grandfather. Grandpa’s ship was torpedoed during the Second World War, leaving him with terrible burns. Every time he came to stay, Michael was warned by his mother that he must not stare, he must not make too much noise, he must not ask Grandpa any questions about his past. As he grows older, Michael stays with his grandfather during the summer holidays and learns the story behind Grandpa’s injuries, finally getting to know the real man behind the solemn figure from his childhood. Michael can see beyond the burns, and this gives him the power to begin healing scars that have divided his family for so long.

The Adventures of Miss Petitfour

The Adventures of Miss Petitfour
Author: Anne Michaels
Publisher: Tundra Books
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2015-11-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1770495029

The magical adventures of an eccentric Mary Poppins-esque heroine and her flying feline charges, sure to charm readers big and small. The first book for children by an internationally acclaimed novelist and poet. Miss Petitfour enjoys having adventures that are "just the right size - fitting into a single, magical day." She is an expert at baking and eating fancy iced cakes, and her favorite mode of travel is par avion. On windy days, she takes her sixteen cats out for an airing: Minky, Misty, Taffy, Purrsia, Pirate, Mustard, Moutarde, Hemdela, Earring, Grigorovitch, Clasby, Captain Captain, Captain Catkin, Captain Cothespin, Your Shyness and Sizzles. With the aid of her favorite tea party tablecloth as a makeshift balloon, Miss Petitfour and her charges fly over her village, having many little adventures along the way. Join Miss Petitfour and her equally eccentric felines on five magical outings -- a search for marmalade, to a spring jumble sale, on a quest for "birthday cheddar", the retrieval of a lost rare stamp and as they compete in the village's annual Festooning Festival. A whimsical, beautifully illustrated collection of tales that celebrates language, storytelling and small pleasures, especially the edible kind!

Meeting Cezanne

Meeting Cezanne
Author: Michael Morpurgo, M.B.E.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781406351132

When Yannick learns that he is to stay with his Aunt Mathilde in the South of France, he cannot believe his luck. If the paintings of his mother's beloved Cezanne are to be believed, surely Provence is paradise itself. So begins an idyllic month for the young boy. Then one evening the idyll is spoilt when an important local comes for dinner and Yannick accidentally destroys a precious drawing the man leaves behind. He could never have imagined that his mother's hero, the world-famous Cezanne, would come to his inn, and sit at one of his tables Yannick is devastated by what he has done, and resolves to make things right. But in so doing he makes a surprising discovery."

Miss Mole

Miss Mole
Author: E.H. Young
Publisher: Virago
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2020-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0349014124

'Young is a sharp and funny writer with a brilliant eye for moral fudging and verbal hypocrisy, and she has a splendid foil in Miss Mole' Sally Beauman WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE 'Who would suspect her sense of fun and irony, of a passionate love for beauty and the power to drag it from its hidden places? Who would imagine that Miss Mole had pictured herself, at different times, as an explorer in strange lands, as a lady wrapped in luxury and delicate garments?' Miss Hannah Mole has for twenty years earned her living precariously as a governess or companion to a succession of difficult old women.Now, aged forty, a thin and shabby figure, she returns to Radstowe, the lovely city of her youth. Here she is, if not exactly welcomed, at least employed as housekeeper by the pompous Reverend Robert Corder, whose daughters are sorely in need of guidance. But even the dreariest situation can be transformed into an adventure by the indomitable Miss Mole. Blessed with imagination, wit and intelligence, she wins the affection of Ethel and her nervous sister Ruth. But her past holds a secret that, if brought to life, would jeopardise everything.

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2010-08-19
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0007369980

Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storyteller. How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical, life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful