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The 173 Best Book Covers of 2025
11 Dec 2025 11:02 GMT
… title slipping, the author’s name and “a novel”.
–Vivian Lopez Rowe … to the composition.
–Nicole Caputo
Michael Morpurgo, Spring; cover design by Holly … . And, a gamble for any book publisher skittish about the fine ornamental …
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From rowdy forest animals to wig-loving goths: These are the best children's books of 2025
09 Dec 2025 04:00 GMT
… , £12.99
Annie Booker is both the author and illustrator of this … ’s Books, £14.99
Burton, best known for her debut novel, international … end poverty
Bloomsbury, £14.99
Michael Morpurgo has cited Rundell as the …
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Book review: Funny Thing, Getting Older: Reflections on life, storytelling and wonder by Michael Morpurgo
28 Nov 2025 01:34 GMT
MICHAEL MORPURGO has written more than 150 books, and had achieved “national … can defend his children’s books that touch on conflict, … alone to buy this book.
The resurrection of a … Michael Morpurgo
Hodder Press £20
(978-1-399-73971-9)
Church Times Bookshop …
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Michael Morpurgo: ‘I grew up in an Agatha Christie village’
13 Nov 2025 08:54 GMT
… a little iPad. My latest book is a gathering of the … LAWN/SHUTTERSTOCK
Your new book is called Funny Thing, Getting … Lane, the founder of Penguin books. He was a Devon man … .
Funny Thing, Getting Older by Michael Morpurgo (Hodder & Stoughton £20). To …
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Michael Morpurgo: Everyone is wounded by their childhood in some way
02 Nov 2025 02:24 GMT
… from your heart.’” The author was told he could … bit sick.”
• Michael Morpurgo: People say my books are too sad — … children to nature.”
• Michael Morpurgo: This government doesn’t … Funny Thing, Getting Older by Michael Morpurgo (Hodder & Stoughton £20 …
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Michael Morpurgo on life over 80: ‘You never get used to being an orphan’
30 Oct 2025 10:29 GMT
… fooled. I’m not fooled.
Michael Morpurgo in military uniform, as head … .
I think of Judith Kerr, author of The Tiger Who Came … Pink Rabbit and the Mog books, who passed away in 2019 … friends. She loved making her books, meeting families and children who …
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Michael Morpurgo says he refuses to give advice to children at book signings
27 Oct 2025 16:06 GMT
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Beloved children’s author Sir Michael Morpurgo has said he refuses to … ask him for help at book signings.
The 82-year-old … . He is also President of BookTrust, the UK’s largest reading … , the lowest level on record.
“Books give you time to discover …
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Children’s book review: ‘The Greatest Generation’
08 Nov 2025 14:04 GMT
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CONSTANCE KEREMES
YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIAN … Greatest Generation.”
Check out these books about World War II from … ?
Friend or Foe, by Michael Morpurgo Londoners David and Tucky have … by Alan Gratz
Wildly popular author Gratz has crafted another edge …
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Children’s Booker Prize debuts in 2026
07 Nov 2025 17:46 GMT
… with books written in or translated into English and published in … Jacqueline Wilson, and Michael Morpurgo. “The Children’s Booker Prize is a … impact on the prestigious Booker Prize, with several notable … author of “The Famished Road”, took home the Booker …
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What is Jolabokflod? Discover Iceland's heartwarming Christmas book tradition
04 Nov 2025 12:18 GMT
… , a comprehensive catalogue of newly published books in Iceland. This catalogue, sent … is a newly released novel by bestselling author Jodi Picoult. If you … ;I do like all the Michael Morpurgo books but this one is my …