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Michael Morpurgo
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The uplifting memoir of springtime joy - an instant Sunday Times bestseller
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Michael Morpurgo
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Length
2 hours 38 minutes
Language
English
MICHAEL MORPURGO'S FIRST BOOK OF ADULT NON-FICTION IN FORTY YEARS.
THE NO 4 SUNDAY TIMES AND NO 1 SATURDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A GUARDIAN AND TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025
'Uplifting and enchanting. A celebration of life by our master story-teller.' JOANNA LUMLEY
'Spring is a delight. His love and knowledge of the countryside are profound. We are all the richer for what he sees.' PHILIP PULLMAN
'Full of vibrant colour and most of all, heart and soul.' CLARE BALDING
And there, as I struggle to open the gate, I happen to glance down and see it. Frog spawn! Clumps of it, floating like grey slimy sponges on the surface of the puddle. I crouch down to be close to it, to the beginning of new life.
Michael Morpurgo has lived on a farm deep in rural Devon for more than forty years. In Spring, he observes the season unfold around him, as fragile new shoots emerge, buds turn to blossom and grey skies give way to blue.
As the natural world shakes off a long winter, Michael watches lambs being born on the farm, delights in a fanfare of bluebells in the woods, and sings to the birds, dressed in his wellies and dressing gown. He shares small moments of joy found in the back garden, as well as more dramatic encounters with sparrowhawks, hares and otters.
With new poems and reminiscences about childhood and springs gone by, this is an enchanting memoir of a season from one of the world's best-loved authors.
Michael Morpurgo has written more than 100 books and has won the Smarties Prize, the Whitbread Award, and the Blue Peter Book Award. He is the author of Private Peaceful, Kensuke's Kingdom and War Horse, which has been made into a Tony Award-winning Broadway play and a Golden Globe-nominated film. He was Children's Laureate from 2003-2005, a role that took him across Britain to inspire a love of reading in children.
Michael and his wife Clare founded Farms for City Children in 1976 at Nethercott Farm in Devon, and Michael has called the project his 'greatest story'. They aim to expand the horizons of children from towns and cities all over the country by offering them a week in the countryside living together on one of their farms.
Michael Morpurgo has written more than 100 books and has won the Smarties Prize, the Whitbread Award, and the Blue Peter Book Award. He is the author of Private Peaceful, Kensuke's Kingdom and War Horse, which has been made into a Tony Award-winning Broadway play and a Golden Globe-nominated film. He was Children's Laureate from 2003-2005, a role that took him across Britain to inspire a love of reading in children.
Michael and his wife Clare founded Farms for City Children in 1976 at Nethercott Farm in Devon, and Michael has called the project his 'greatest story'. They aim to expand the horizons of children from towns and cities all over the country by offering them a week in the countryside living together on one of their farms.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Michael Morpurgo
ISBN:
9781399728874
Length:
2 hours 38 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Hodder & Stoughton
Publication date:
March 20, 2025
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#7,060 Overall
Genre rank:
#121 in Environment & Nature
Reviews
A lyrical portrait of spring on the Devon farm where the author of Warhorse has lived for nearly half a century. Michael Morpurgo spins his magic and invites us to look at something as familiar as springtime with new and loving eyes. Uplifting and enchanting, it is a celebration of life by our master story-teller. 'This book has the same effect as spring itself, it brings hope and joy. It is full of vibrant colour and most of all, heart and soul.' Michael Morpurgo's Spring is a delight, just as the season is. It's the voice of a good man talking about things he loves, and in focusing on the spring he doesn't neglect the presence in the past and in the future of the other seasons, and their inevitability., and he's probably done more than anyone to foster these qualities in generations of children, through his books as well as his charity 'Farms for City Children'. But one of his greatest qualities is that he sees things clearly and writes about them well; like Thomas Hardy, "He was a man who used to notice such things." We are all the richer for what he sees. Expand reviewsMain Street Books - St. Charles is proud to partner with Libro.fm to give you a great audiobook experience.
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