Singing for Mrs Pettigrew: A Storymaker’s Journey

Product Description
This work offers an invaluable insight into storytelling from one of today’s greatest writers. This collection by the 2003-2005 Children’s Laureate, Michael Morpurgo, contains short stories, essays and commentaries to illuminate the craft of storytelling. Analyzing all aspects of writing – character, plot, sources and inspiration, retelling and biography – it is perfect for anyone, young or old, who loves great stories and wants to know more about the art of telling tales.
Review
‘* ‘Michael Morpurgo has… Fused memory with imagination – in the wonderful stories of Singing for Mrs Pettigrew, a collection as convincing, heartfelt and unforgettable as the rest of the many books that he has published in the past four decades.’ The Irish Times * ‘Here is a Laureate with the imaginative force to wrest children from the numbness of a dreary education. It is Morpurgo’s time to loom large in the lives of others.’ The Guardian’