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DATE OF RELEASE: 14 AUG 2025

A richly illustrated gift picture book edition of Michael Morpurgo’s classic wartime story War Horse, which has been captivating audiences young and old for 40 years. This powerful book for younger readers tells the enduring story of a friendship between a boy and his horse amid the turmoil of the First World War. For 40 years, War Horse has been helping children understand conflict.

As we move beyond centenary commemorations and continue to strive for peace across the world, it remains an important book for young readers learning about the past. Review for the novel: War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who ‘has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers’ – Guardian Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and 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.

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Publication: 14 Aug 2025, Farshore

ISBN: 9780008774141

Extent: 48 pages

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        Description

        DATE OF RELEASE: 14 AUG 2025

        A richly illustrated gift picture book edition of Michael Morpurgo’s classic wartime story War Horse, which has been captivating audiences young and old for 40 years. This powerful book for younger readers tells the enduring story of a friendship between a boy and his horse amid the turmoil of the First World War. For 40 years, War Horse has been helping children understand conflict.

        As we move beyond centenary commemorations and continue to strive for peace across the world, it remains an important book for young readers learning about the past. Review for the novel: War Horse is a story of universal suffering for a universal audience by a writer who ‘has the happy knack of speaking to both child and adult readers’ – Guardian Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and 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.

        Paperback

        Publication: 14 Aug 2025, Farshore

        ISBN: 9780008774141

        Extent: 48 pages

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