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The ogre who wasn't

Princess Clara misses her father, the King. He is always away, leaving her with the people in the palace who do nothing but tell her off. All Clara wants is to escape outside and make friends with the creatures that she finds there. Her best friend is a very small ogre. Ogres are usually baddies, ar...

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Main Author: Morpurgo, Michael (Author)
Other Authors: Gravett, Emily (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: London, England : Two Hoots, 2023.
Subjects:
Princesses > Juvenile fiction.
Ghouls and ogres > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Fantasy fiction > Juvenile.
Fairy tales.
Picture books.
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Summary:Princess Clara misses her father, the King. He is always away, leaving her with the people in the palace who do nothing but tell her off. All Clara wants is to escape outside and make friends with the creatures that she finds there. Her best friend is a very small ogre. Ogres are usually baddies, aren't they? Not this one... and he might just be able to help make Clara's dreams come true. Maybe he isn't an ogre at all?
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 31 cm.
ISBN:9781035010264
1035010267
Author Notes:British author Michael Morpurgo was born in St. Albans, Hertforshire in 1943. He attended the University of London and studied English and French. He became a primary school teacher in Kent for about ten years. He and his wife Clare started a charity called Farms for City Children. They currently own three farms where over 2000 children a year stay for a week and experience the countryside by taking part in purposeful farmwork.

He has published over 100 books and several screenplays. He won the 1995 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Wreck of the Zanzibar, the 1996 Nestle Smarties Book Prize for The Butterfly Lion, and the 2000 Children's Book Award for Kensuke's Kingdom. Private Peaceful won the 2005 Red House Children's Book Award and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. Five of his books have been made into movies and two have been adapted for television. He was named as the third Children's Laureate in May 2003.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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