Join Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller and award-winning author of War Horse, as he talks to Clare Mulley about his bestselling World War II books for children. To commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day he will reveal what inspired stories such as Flamingo Boy, In the Mouth of the Wolf, An Eagle in the Snow and Waiting for Anya, which is released as a film this Spring. Clare is the author of The Spy Who Loved about the woman who saved Michael’s uncle’s life during WWII.
Born in 1943, the war had a huge impact on Michael’s early life. How did a boy supremely uninterested in books, who dreamed of becoming an army officer, become a bestselling author and Children’s Laureate? What events in his own life inspired him to write more than a hundred books for children, and why does he feel it’s important to tell children about war? Suitable for children 7+
