Greatest Magical Stories

Michael Morpurgo

Oxford University Press, 2018 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 256 pages

Award-winning children's writer and former Children's Laureate Sir Michael Morpurgo has collected his greatest magical stories from all around the world and put them in one place. Here! From tiny heroes to talking frogs, and meddling fairies to mysterious sea creatures, this is a timeless collection to treasure forever. Beautiful colour illustrations bring the magical text to life. There are lots of stories to choose from, including The Frog Prince, Rumplestiltskin, and Sleeping Beauty, plus a new retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk written by Sir Michael himself, so whether you're looking for a quick read or a longer story to lose yourself in, something to read alone or a tale to share, there's a great magical story within for everyone to find.A sumptuous gift edition for young readers to treasure, and a perfect companion to Greatest Animal Stories.a href="https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/"www.michaelmorpurgo.com/a

About the author

British author Michael Morpurgo was born in St. Albans, Hertforshire in 1943. He attended the University of London and studied English and French. He became a primary school teacher in Kent for about ten years. He and his wife Clare started a charity called Farms for City Children. They currently own three farms where over 2000 children a year stay for a week and experience the countryside by taking part in purposeful farmwork. He has published over 100 books and several screenplays. He won the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the 1996 Nestle Smarties Book Prize for The Butterfly Lion, and the 2000 Children's Book Award for Kensuke's Kingdom. Private Peaceful won the 2005 Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Five of his books have been made into movies and two have been adapted for television. He was named as the third Children's Laureate in May 2003.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Greatest Magical Stories
• Editor: Michael Morpurgo
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018
• ISBN: 0192766775, 9780192766779
• Length: 256 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic; Juvenile Nonfiction / General