by Michael Morpurgo · Egmont UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781405273015
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«The White Horse of Zennor and Other Stories» is a collection of stories by Michael Morpurgo, published by Egmont UK in paperback (176 pages, in English).
Set in Zennor, at the edge of Britain, the book brings together myths, legends and ghost stories from a magical land. Within its pages appear a white horse that rises in the night, a girl trapped by the tide, old miners and Billy, who learns to swim with the seals.
The work was originally published in 1985; this 2015 edition includes colour illustrations by Michael Foreman.
Aimed at a children's and young adult audience, with stories of mystery, fantasy and animals.
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.
