My Friend Walter: perfect for all fans of Horrible Histories!

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My Friend Walter is a children's fiction novel by Michael Morpurgo. It was first published in Great Britain by William Heinemann in 1988. [1] The book was shortlisted for the 1989 Smarties Prize.

In a moment of national crisis, the Orb from the Crown Jewels has been stolen and the children are set the task of writing a report about the Crown Jewels. As newly appointed researchers and writers for Newsround, they need to compare the similarities and difference of the Crown Jewels, as if writing for a younger audience e.g. infants.

A hilarious tale of history come to life, from former children’s laureate and master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. Another great book by Michael Morpurgo, I’ve always loved his books as they are not only fun but also informative and you learn from them as well as enjoying the story. In November 2016 Michael Morpurgo won the J M Barrie Award for his contribution to children’s literature.This award is given every year by Action for Children’s Arts to a “children’s arts practitioner” whose lifetime’s work has delighted children and will stand the test of time. They go fishing, Bess lets Walter ride on one of the family tractors (which he does love, he declares that tractors are majesties compared to cars or something), and they have all sorts of fun together! Take a look at the classroom display photos below, which are all based on work completed in History lessons. Could you use some of the ideas below as inspiration for your own displays?

Probably the weakest Michael Morpurgo book I've read so far. Not that it was bad or anything, I felt that in places it became a bit too repetitive, in other places it dragged and didn't know what to do. Probably took inspiration from the 1966 World Cup trophy story for its 3rd act. A delightfully exciting and witty adventure that interweaves elements of history - Sir Walter Raleigh comes into the present as a ghost and wreaks havoc and fun with a family! - into a fun and gripping story which children will love. urn:lcp:myfriendwalter00mich:epub:bba34f90-8811-4789-b2da-b6c050c25ec4 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier myfriendwalter00mich Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t66410p6x Isbn 0749746718 urn:oclc:799052404 Republisher_date 20120926120643 Republisher_operator [email protected] Scandate 20120921044206 Scanner scribe28.shenzhen.archive.org Scanningcenter shenzhen Worldcat (source edition) My Friend Walter by Michael Morpurgo is an amazing KS2 story to cover whilst covering a Tudor England topic. Remember Sir Walter Raleigh, who laid his cloak in a puddle so Queen Elizabeth I could walk across? Well, Bess meets his ghost and finds out she’s his ancestor!It is a pleasure to read this amazing book. What really interested me was that there were all kinds of However, if you would like to refer to the text, in chapter 7, we discover the mischievous old ghost (Sir Walter) sets about restoring the family’s fortune, while all the time Bess has to try to keep the presence of a ghost in the house a secret. Sir Walter comes up with his own scheme to steal the orb from the Crown Jewels to help raise money for the farm. I agree with the previous reviewer -this is a mighty, canonical work which must be viewed at all costs.

But when Bess's older brother Will comes, it becomes hard to do that, and one day he finds his fishing rod tangled and messy in the state Walter left it after fishing. Bess knows he has because her gran found some fish in the kitchen in the morning, and Bess gets blamed, which she finds very annoying. Michael Morpurgo made this book weave its magic around me and forced me to read on. I was kept guessing until all the secrets were revealed at the end. My favourite character was Walter and I recommend it to anyone interested in Tudor history and a good mystery novel. But then comes the day of the sale. Walter is in the tower of London. Bess, horrified at what is happening, goes to London alone, hoping to find Walter .Before Walter left, he told her everything would be okay. Bess wants to know when and how. There are hidden moral lessons throughout, and the undercurrent of the book is writing wrongs, and family first.

I enjoyed this book so much that I didn’t hear my mum tell me to turn my light off and go to bed. My favourite character is definitely Walter he is very friendly and is a mystery until further into the books. Why he stole the Crown Jewels still baffles me and also why he put them in a young girls room wow Then Bess meets a man, who introduces himself as Walter Raleigh! She;s an ancestor of him, a descendent, and Bess then decides to bring him home with her. The family are staying with their auntie, Auntie Marie she's called, When they are taking the dog out for a walk, he nosedives into a bush, and discovers...the lost crown jewels! How will Bess explain Sir Walter to her family? Especially when he breaks her brother’s fishing rod, steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room! Michael's books have been translated into many languages including Chinese, Bulgarian and Hungarian, Hebrew and Japanese. He travels all over the UK and abroad talking to people of all ages at literary festivals, telling his stories and encouraging them to tell theirs.

acts in one book. That surely is some talent. Emotional, funny, adventurous I can probably use all those words to describe this book. I liked Will the best. He is really good. Sir Walter Raleigh laid his cloak in a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I to walk across. Now, Bess meets his ghost and finds out he's her ancestor! How's she going to explain him to her family, especially when he breaks her brother's fishing rod, steals a horse and smokes cigars in her room? Will Sir Walter wreak havoc or save her family's home? About This Edition ISBN:

And one of the major events in the book, is when Bess's gran gets ill! She falls ill after the upsetting news that the farm will have to be sold. Bess of course is distraught. But Walter helps her out, making some sort of potion which will cure Bess's gran. One of the things Walter has done is go in Will's science lab set, and its in one of the bottles from that, so Bess now knows what he was making. Bess puts that in Gran's tea, and most miraculously, Gran is cured.