Perhaps it is partly that we need to love books ourselves as parents, grandparents and teachers in order to pass on that passion for stories to our children. It's not about testing and reading schemes, but about loving stories and passing on that passion to our children.
Michael MorpurgoIt's good to focus on the universal suffering that goes on in any war. Whatever the right and wrongs of the war, there is always universal suffering.
Michael MorpurgoBut try as I might, I never got to eat any of her pastries, and do you know, she never even offered me one.
Michael Morpurgo