The King in the Forest

Name: The King in the Forest
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Michael Morpurgo
ISBN: 9780007376575

Author: Michael Morpurgo

Narrator: Jot Davies

Unabridged: 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 03/31/2011

Categories: Children's Fiction, Animal Stories

Synopsis

A wonderful story written by the Children’s Laureate Michael Morpurgo. One morning, while chopping wood in the forest, Tod notices a small white fawn fleeing the King’s hunt. Swiftly, Tod gathers the fawn into his arms and runs back to his father’s cottage. As the years go by, the fawn grows into a magnificent white stag, and the bonds between boy and deer grow strong. But Tod has yet to face a great test of his devotion to the THE KING IN THE FOREST.

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 Hugh on September 27, 2011

Tod and his father are poor - making ends meet by selling charcoal and subsisting in a small clearing deep in an unnamed forest in a vaguely medieval kingdom somewhere in what appears to be England. Tod's life is turned upside down when he shelters a white fawn from the King's hunt, befriending his......more

Goodreads review by Anne on September 28, 2012

A heartwarming fairytale. The charcoal-burner's son saves the life of a tiny white fawn from the king's hunters and earns the gratitude of the king's daughter. Even while he grows ever more devoted to the creature growing into a magnificent stag, his heart is stolen away by the unattainable princess......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on June 19, 2025

A beautiful fairytale, we read a lot and it was so refreshing to simply read a wonderful story, that was indeed gripping, heartfelt and heartwarming, without too much distress and adult real world interference. perfect fantasy.......more

Goodreads review by Anne on October 25, 2012

Goodreads review by Philippruedi on December 04, 2013

A good book as all books are by this author, This book is about a boy who gets lost up in the mountains and is adopted by a family of Yetis. Here he discovers how friendly and peaceful these creatures really are. He gets very attached to them.......more