An elephant in the garden

An Elephant in the Garden

Alba Sofía Martínez Aguilar

-Michael Morpurgo-

Birth: October 5, 1943 in Saint Albans, United Kingdom. 80 years

He is currently the president of BookTrust

BookTrust is the UK's largest children's reading charity They get millions of children reading by supporting families to start sharing stories and books together from the earliest possible age.

-Michael Morpurgo-

Some of his favorite authors: Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling and Ted Hughes. He likes listening to Mozart, but he can only write in a silent room.

Tony Van Bridge

Jack Morpurgo

Kippe Cammaerts

St Matthias in the Warwick Road

Sussex – the Abbey, Ashhurst Wood

SandhurstArmy

In Kent

Sir Allen Lane

Clare Lane

Farms for City ChildrenIn IddesleighName of the house Nethercott

Cancer of the larynx

Horatio, Sebastian, Rosalind

Where is your favourite French destination?

A particularly important place is Saint-Malo. I went to a children’s book festival there about ten years ago and walked into a shop that was selling an amazing red jacket and trousers. I bought one and have been wearing red ever since. I have to go back when I want another suit, which is every two years. The man working there sees me walk in and knows what I’ve come for. I love Saint-Malo; the walls, the ships coming in.

"Wearing the red poppy for me is not simply a ritual, not worn as a politically correct nod towards public expectation" (...) "This way we can be reminded of the suffering and pain they lived through, of their courage and camaraderie, and reflect again on the freedom and peace they left us, and so be ever more determined to cherish that legacy, and do all we can to keep the peace, and with it our freedom."

-Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo's Uncle Pieter

"He was 21, a fine actor, with his life ahead of him. Actor became a sergeant navigator in the RAF. He died when his bomber crashed at St Eval in Cornwall"

RAF: Royal Air Force

Karl - 9 years (Nurse's son)

Old Lizzie

Nurse (Karl's mom)

Karli - 8 years (Lizzie's brother)

Young Lizzie - 16 years

Mutti (Lizzie and Karli's mom)

The Countess

Marlene (Baby elephant)

Peter (Lizzie's brother)

Bombing of Dresden "Firestorm"

Dresden- Germany "Dresde"

• West
• Red Army

Themes:

• Survival-War

• Perseverance-Hope
• Love-Empathy
• Revenge
• Family
• Freedom

Genres:

• Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Realistic fiction

Adaptations of the book:

• Stage adaptation: Barn Theatre - Oberon Modern Plays

Evaluation of the book:

• 10/10
• Ageband according to the author's website: from 7
• My Ageband: Maybe from 10, but teenagers will enjoy it more

References. https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/ https://www.booktrust.org.uk/ https://chasemorpurgo.weebly.com/fun-facts.html https://www.radiotimes.com/audio/remembrance-day-2018-poppy-michael-morpurgo/?fbclid=IwAR37FfGmPgMRYVMJBrkwgcG_itwT6k3QBGC04PNpgzeCpyZPO0cyTzcoA5w

Thank you!