

Kaspar
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Narrator: Paul Chequer
Unabridged: 2 hr 30 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 02/03/2011
Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories, Action & Adventure Stories
Author: Michael Morpurgo
Narrator: Paul Chequer
Unabridged: 2 hr 30 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 02/03/2011
Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories, Action & Adventure Stories
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children’s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
This is my daughter’s favourite book, and she returns to it again and again. I was curious to know why, so I wrested it from her and sat down to read. It really is a delightful book, gorgeously illustrated by Michael Foreman. It tells the story of Johnny Trott, a bellboy at the Savoy, who makes frie......more
Another beautiful little tale from Morpurgo with an animal at its heart. Abandoned London pageboy, Johnny Trot, meets a Russian Countess at the hotel in which he works. With her is her cat, Kaspar, a Prince, says the Countess. Becoming friends with them both, he finds himself alone in caring for the......more
Praise for ‘Kaspar’:“A cracking narrative” Observer Praise for Michael Morpurgo:“Michael Morpurgo writes brilliantly about war and animals, conveying the big emotions without preaching.” Guardian “Champagne quality over a wide range of subjects.” Daily Telegraph “There are few children’s writers as compelling as Michael Morpurgo.” Daily Express “Morpurgo, as always, is subtle and skilful, and incorporates social and moral issues into his writing without being self-righteous or detracting from the quality of the narrative”Elizabeth Reilly, British Council “The former children's laureate has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers.” Guardian