Gentle Giant
Author(s): Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E
A powerful folktale about a lonely giant who lives by a beautiful lake. When he saves a girl from drowning, the giant finds the love and courage to save the lake from destruction. On a small island way out in the middle of a silver lake there once lived a sad young man. He was sad because he had grown up into a giant of a man, very big, very strong and very frightening. Because of this, no one liked to go near him. So his only friends were the wild creatures that lived all around him. Then one day, he saves a girl from drowning, a girl in a wide-brimmed straw hat. Little does he know how she is going to change his life forever. Michael Morpurgo draws on traditional storytelling to weave a tale of extraordinary relevance to our own world today. A story of compassion, and love, and a simple belief in the healing powers of nature.
PUBLICATION NOVEMBER 2013
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'Here's a story to compare with any classic from the past.' -The Independent Praise for Michael Morpurgo: "As ever, Morpurgo's warmth and humanity suffuse a story of courage, love and hope." - Amanda Craig, The Times "Champagne quality over a wide range of subjects." - The Telegraph
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best-loved writers for children. He has written over 100 books and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Whitbread Award. His recent bestselling novels include Shadow, An Elephant in the Garden and Born to Run. Michael's stories have been adapted numerous times for stage and screen, most recently with the phenomenally successful National Theatre production of War Horse, which is also currently playing on Broadway. The story is now the subject of a major forthcoming film directed by Steven Spielberg. Michael was the UK's Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005, a role which took him all over the country to inspire children with the joy of reading stories.
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers
- : HarperCollins Children's Books
- : 0.272
- : 01 June 2013
- : 312mm X 226mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Michael Morpurgo, O.B.E
- : Paperback
- : 1113
- : Michael Foreman
- : 823.914
- : 32
- : Colour