From unwanted burden to favourite companion, and from pet to champion race dog, this remarkable greyhound proves that it’s not just cats who have more than one life.

He also meets Jemima the pig: she smells and she slobbers, she breaks out of her pen to steal potatoes, and she’s the undisputed queen of the farm. With his wife Clare, he set up the charity Farms for City Children, which offers children and teachers from inner-city primary schools the chance to live and work in the countryside for a week on one of the charity’s three farms in Devon, Gloucestershire and Wales.Ebooks fulfilled through Glose cannot be printed, downloaded as PDF, or read in other digital readers (like Kindle or Nook).

We understand that not everyone can donate right now, but if you can afford to contribute, we promise it will be put to good use. When a young boy goes from the city to stay on the farm, he discovers a world he never knew existed - a world of vegetable gardens, ducks and geese, where the sheep graze in the fields, where apples and pears grow in the orchard.It’s a gem of a book and one that like Escape from Shangri-Lawill appeal equally to someone of 10 or 110. To touch the lives of children, to witness their listening and reading silence, is reward enough in itself. My favorite part was when all the yetis started learning english, because they speak funnily, which made me laugh.

Then taken captive, made king – or something similar to it – until he can manufacture his escape and make his way back to what he knows as civilization. It made me feel very nostalgic and I didn't have to question why Michael Morpurgo was my favourite author. I also want to say a big thank you to the editor of this book because they make things better than they originally were. He started the charity Farms for City Children in 1976 with his wife, Clare, aimed at relieving the “poverty of experience… many young children feel in inner city and urban areas.

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. The consistency of the narrative voice gives legitimacy to the mythological presence and helps to lessen the jolt from reality to fantasy. When 10-year-old Will's father dies in the Iraq war, his mother surprises him with a trip to Indonesia. But then Auntie Snowdrop gives Michael a medal, followed by a photograph, which begin to reveal a hidden story that will change everything - and reveal to Michael who he really is. Thomas Peaceful is a young soldier looking back at his childhood from the battlefields of the First world War.

I did enjoy the text once I got past chapter 4 as I found the first few chapters difficult to engage with. Her classic children’s novel ‘The Indian in the Cupboard’ has sold nearly six million copies worldwide. When he realises that Paco is destined for the struggle of the bullring he leads him to safety in the mountains, where their lives are changed by the civil war. Evacuated from London, David and Tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses.I found it quite pleasant when Uncle sung and Ashley meet a few months after they both thought the other dead. A charming retelling of the classic story of The Wizard of Oz, told through the eyes of Toto the dog.