The Birthday Book
2008
First Published
3.81
Average Rating
336
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A sumptuous collection of beautifully illustrated stories and verse, published in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts and to celebrate the Prince of Wales' 60th birthday In this special birthday book, we have collected new and previously published pieces by today's most acclaimed children's writers, and extracts from well-loved children's literature, all accompanied by stunning artwork from leading illustrators. This collection includes stories, poems, fiction and non-fiction extracts - all specially chosen around the theme of birthdays and all with introductions by authors and celebrities.Royalties will go to the Prince's Foundation for Children and the Arts, which works closely with local and national arts providers (like theaters, orchestras, museums and galleries) and schools to provide high quality and sustained access to the arts for children who would otherwise not have this access. This anthology gathers together some of the best-known authors and illustrators writing and illustrating for children, Philip Ardagh; Peter Bailey; Nicola Bayley; Ian Beck; Patrick Benson; Anna Bhushan; Malorie Blackman; Quentin Blake; Valerie Bloom; Lewis Carroll; Emma Chichester Clark; Eoin Colfer; Susan Cooper; Frank Cottrell-Boyce; and, Kevin Crossley-Holland.Others include Roald Dahl, Alexis Deacon, Maura Dooley, Sara Fanelli, Anne Fine, Hannah Firmin, Catherine Fisher, Michael Foreman, John Foster, Jamila Gavin, David Gentleman, Emily Gravett, Anthony Horowitz, Norman Hunter, Eva Ibbotson, Bruce Ingman, John Lawrence, Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom, Geraldine McCaughrean, Roger McGough, Michael Morpurgo, Andrew Motion, E. Nesbit, Philip Pullman, Arthur Ransome, Chris Riddell, David Roberts, J. K. Rowling, Axel Scheffler, Nick Sharratt, Posy Simmonds, Joel Stewart, Noel Streatfeild, Eleanor Updale, Charlotte Voake, Jacqueline Wilson, Chris Wormell, and Kit Wright.
Avg Rating
3.81
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Author
Michael Morpurgo
Author · 138 books
Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to youth. In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2004. He was knighted in the 2018 for his services to literature and charity. He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life. Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books.
