Michael Morpurgo

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care…

One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus…

Admitting failure is quite cleansing, but never – pleasurable…

It is the child’s understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They’re…

It’s the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom…

A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear…

Don’t worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an…

Strange questions are the more interesting ones. Children by and large don’t try to trip…

Access to books and the encouragement of the habit of reading: these two things are…

War continues to divide people, to change them forever, and I write about it both…

Everyone is interested in war, in that people don’t want it to happen. I’m much…

Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some…

When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them…