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The Marble Crusher

The Marble Crusher

by Michael Morpurgo (Author)

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    Paperback 2012

    $3.35

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    Paperback 1997

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    Hardcover 1992

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    Paperback 2012

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Synopsis

Three brilliant stories for young readers by Britain's best-loved children's author, Michael Morpurgo. The Marble Crusher Does Mr Manners, the headmaster, really have a machine that crushes marbles? Albert thinks so. Colly's Barn Colly the owl and Screecher the swallow band together to save the barn. Conker Nick beats the bully, Stevie Rooster, and becomes Conker king. But can he rescue a mistreated dog while searching for the best conker? Former Children's Laureate and award-winning author of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo, demonstrates why he is considered to be the master story teller with this collection of stories for children.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Farshore
Published: 02 Jan 2012
ISBN 10: 1405229241
ISBN 13: 9781405229241
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
 Book Overview: This title presents three brilliant stories for young readers by a much-loved, award winning author. In The Marble Crusher , does Mr. Manners, the headmaster, really have a machine that crushes marbles? Albert thinks so. In Colly's Barn , Colly the owl and Screecher the swallow band together to save the barn. In Conker , Nick beats the bully, Stevie Rooster, and becomes Conker king. But can he rescue a mistreated dog while searching for the best conker?

Media Reviews
A prizewinning import: sensitive, perceptive, and well-told.
Author Bio
Former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo needs no introduction. He is one of the most successful children's authors in the country, loved by children, teachers and parents alike. Michael has written more than forty books for children including the global hit War Horse, which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011. Several of his other stories have been adapted for screen and stage, including My Friend Walter, Why the Whales Came and Kensuke's Kingdom. Michael has won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children's Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times. He started the charity Farms for City Children in 1976 with his wife, Clare, aimed at relieving the poverty of experience many young children feel in inner city and urban areas. Michael is also a patron of over a dozen other charities. Living in Devon, listening to Mozart and working with children have provided Michael with the ideas and incentive to write his stories. He spends half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories for children. For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out - the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers. Michael received an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature.