Colly's Barn

Name: Colly's Barn
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Michael Morpurgo
ISBN: 9780007376452

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Jot Davies

Unabridged: 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/27/2010

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories, Animal Stories, Science & Nature Stories, Regional Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

A masterfully crafted tale from the former Children’s Laureate. When Annie's father plans to tear down the old barn and replace it with a modern shed, Annie and her grandfather worry about all the birds that nest in the rickety old structure.

About Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Childrenâ€™s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hwee on June 14, 2013

Michael Morpugo has done it again. This is a heartwarming story of friendship, loyalty and sacrifice. My copy comes as an non-intimidating picture book that's part of a 20-book collection of books from the Egmont blue/red/yellow banana series. It's actually quite wordy and split into chapters so it......more

Goodreads review by Sylvia on February 17, 2009

Nice little book for grade 2,3.......more