/ Key title Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, illustrated by Michael Foreman. / Award-winner Michael Morpurgo is a hugely successful author on the Collins list. / Michael's many prizes include the Whitbread Award, the Writers' Guild Children's Book Award and the Smarties Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. / Michael Morpurgo's most famous novel for Collins -- The Butterfly Lion, published in May 1996 -- has sold over 150,000 copies to date. / Illustrator Michael Foreman is also internationally known and celebrated. / This is the first Collins-originated book by this prize-winning duo, Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman
Michael Morpurgo is the author of over sixty books, many short stories and even two musicals. Several of his novels have been adapted for film and television and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Michael lives in Devon with his wife Clare, and last year they were both awarded MBEs in recognition of their work for their charity, Farms for City Children.
"A tale about another country and another time that resonates with the here and now! Once again, Morpurgo demonstrates his talent for stories of absolute clarity about big events" Sunday Times "A poignant tale, simply told, about the horror of the Spanish Civil War and the noble cruelty of bullfighting." Sunday Telegraph "In Toro! Toro! Michael Morpurgo unpicks the problem of taking sides, of how enemies can be good, of guilty secrets kept for years! A compact, horrifying and compelling story" The Times "A beautifully, directly and convincingly told story: typical Morpurgo. Michael Foreman's illustrations are exactly right and the whole is a very fine, thoroughly recommended, production." School Librarian