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Kaspar

Michael Morpurgo

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Julia Eccleshare's comment:

CD Audio edition read by Paul Chequer.

A wonderfully emotional but heart-warming tale from the pen of one of the foremost writers for children.  Brilliantly interwoven in historical fact at the time of the sinking of the Titanic is the story of Kaspar the Savoy cat, who we also discover is a survivor of the infamous catastrophe.  The story is utterly compelling and this audio edition brings all the sights and the sounds to life quite brilliantly.  It also complements the book.

 

A message from the author:

I was recently asked to be Writer-in-Residence at the Savoy Hotel in London. This involved putting on some literary events and staying for three months at the Savoy. My wife Clare and I had a bed the size of Ireland, and breakfast every morning looking out over the Thames. Everyone in the hotel was very kind. We were treated like royalty - which was great! The story of Kaspar was written then.

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Synopsis

A miraculous story of survival. Kaspar is a feline fairy tale which tells how, after a pampered life as Countess Kandinsky’s beloved pet which includes a spell staying in the Savoy, the eponymous cat survives the dramatic sinking of the Titanic. Freshly told by Johnny Trott, a young bell boy who befriends Kaspar, this slice of day dreaming against a real historical background is delightful.

About The Author

STOP PRESS... CALLING ALL WICKED YOUNG WRITERS

Bestselling author Michael Morpurgo is sponsoring the exciting new Wicked Young Writers' Award, in association with Wicked, the musical that turns the story of The Wizard of Oz on its head. It's a great way to encourage your children and young adults to get creative – entrants aged from 5 to 25 can write about whatever they like, in prose or poetry. Michael Morpurgo comments, ‘All children are born with a sort of spark of genius. Growing up should fan it’. There are four five different age categories and the deadline for this year's award is July 23 2010. Enjoy! For more details go to the award website – wickedyoungwriters.com

Michael Morpurgo is, in his own words, "oldish, married with three children, and a grandfather six times over." Born in 1943, he attended schools in London, Sussex and Canterbury. He went on to London University to study English and French, followed by a step into the teaching profession and a job in a primary school in Kent. It was there that he discovered what he wanted to do.
"We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading. I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of story I used to tell my kids - it was like a soap opera, and they focused on it. I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised there was magic in it for me."

Living in Devon, listening to Mozart, and working with children have provided most of the stimulae Michael needs to discover and write his stories. He spends about half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories.

The Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award rewards the best in contemporary children's and young adult literature from all over the world. Michael Morpurgo has been shortlisted for the award, the winner of which will be announced in March 2010.

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