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    Barney the Horse and Other Tales from the Farm
    Barney the Horse and Other Tales from the Farm
    Barney the Horse and Other Tales from the Farm
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    Barney the Horse and Other Tales from the Farm

    By Michael Morpurgo and Guy Parker-Rees

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    Full of friendship and adventure, this charming story collection from Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees is perfect to read together, and celebrates the way the countryside and its animals can leave an impression on a child’s heart forever.

    Full of friendship and adventure, these three uplifting stories capture the wonder, muck and magic of a city child’s week on the farm.

    Join in the daring rescue of a lost lamb, meet a boy who saves a family of swallows, and discover how Barney the horse forever changes the life of the girl who looks after him.

    From Michael Morpurgo, co-founder of the charity Farms for City Children, and illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees, this charming story collection for young readers celebrates the countryside and the way its landscape and animals can leave an impression on a child’s heart forever.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateApr 28, 2022
    ISBN9780008408695
    Author

    Michael Morpurgo

    Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain’s best-loved writers for children. He has written over 130 books including War Horse, which was adapted for a hugely successful stage production by the National Theatre and then, in 2011, for a film directed by Steven Spielberg. Michael was Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005. The charity Farms for City Children, which he founded thirty years ago with his wife Clare, has now enabled over 70,000 children to spend a week living and working down on the farm. His enormous success has continued with his most recent novels Flamingo Boy and The Snowman, inspired by the classic story by Raymond Briggs. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

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      Barney the Horse and Other Tales from the Farm - Michael Morpurgo

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      First published in the United Kingdom by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2022

      Published in this ebook edition in 2022

      HarperCollins Children’s Books is a division of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd,

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      Text copyright © Michael Morpurgo 2022

      Illustrations copyright © Guy Parker-Rees 2022

      All rights reserved.

      Michael Morpurgo and Guy Parker-Rees assert the moral right to be identified as the author and illustrator of the work respectively.

      A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook onscreen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

      Source ISBN: 9780008451516

      Ebook Edition © April 2022 ISBN: 9780008408695

      Version: 2022-04-06

      For Joan, who made Nethercott so special

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      Contents

      Cover

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Dedication

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      2. Bird Boy

      3. Go For It!

      Farms for City Children

      Books by Michael Morpurgo

      About the Publisher

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