An elephant in the garden

Alba Sofía Martínez Aguilar

An Elephant in the Garden

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.

He is currently the president of BookTrust

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

-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.

-Michael Morpurgo-

SandhurstArmy

Sussex – the Abbey, Ashhurst Wood

St Matthias in the Warwick Road

Jack Morpurgo

Kippe Cammaerts

Tony Van Bridge

In Kent

Cancer of the larynx

Farms for City ChildrenIn IddesleighName of the house Nethercott

Horatio, Sebastian, Rosalind

Sir Allen Lane

Clare Lane

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.

-Michael Morpurgo

"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's Uncle Pieter

RAF: Royal Air Force

"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"

Old Lizzie

Karl - 9 years (Nurse's son)

Nurse (Karl's mom)

Young Lizzie - 16 years

Karli - 8 years (Lizzie's brother)

Mutti (Lizzie and Karli's mom)

The Countess

Peter (Lizzie's brother)

Marlene (Baby elephant)

Bombing of Dresden "Firestorm"

Dresden- Germany "Dresde"

• West
• Red Army

Themes:

• Survival-War

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

Adaptations of the book:

• Stage adaptation: Barn Theatre - Oberon Modern Plays

Genres:

• Fiction
• Historical Fiction
• Realistic fiction

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!