Michael Morpurgo

A boy’s passion for music unlocks a painful secret — and draws his family together — in a multilayered tale by an outstanding author-illustrator pair.Like any young boy, Paolo becomes obsessed with what he can’t have — in his case, a violin. Hidden away in his parents’ room, it beckons the boy to release the music …

Rollercoasters are popular with boys, girls and mixed-ability classes. Evoking a mesmerising picture of the Jacobite Rebellion, orphaned Robbie flees from his heartless uncle to join Bonnie Prince Charlie's uprising against the English. On the run from the redcoats, Robbie meets Charlie,possibly the last wild wolf cub …

The Butterfly Lion is a children's novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by Collins publishers in 1996. It won the 1996 Smarties book prize. The book was adapted into a stage play by Daniel Buckroyd of the Mercury Theatre Colchester, and is touring the UK in 2013. Michael Morpurgo has said …