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Farm boy

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Set on a farm in rural Devon, Farm Boy is a collection of Grandpa's reminiscences and stories touchingly told to his grandson.

Superbly told by a master storyteller and stunningly illustrated by Michael Foreman -- an exquisite book. Joey was the last working horse on the farm, and the apple of Grandpa's eye.

In War Horse, published twelve years ago, Joey was sent away from the farm to be a warhorse in WWI.

Grandpa had joined the cavalry in order to find, and fight, with Joey.

Farm Boy brings us forward fifty years with Grandpa not only telling his grandson, Joey's story but also a 'shameful secret' which he has held for years -- Grandpa has never learned to read and write. The story is set in Iddesleigh in Devon and lovingly evokes the bonds between farm and farmer; grandson and grandfather.

The spirit of rural life is superbly captured in both Michael Morpurgo's writing and Michael Foreman's illustrations.

An irresistable title from acclaimed author-illustrator partnership.

The title was first published in full colour by Pavilion.

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HarperCollins
0006754120 / 9780006754121
Paperback / softback
823.914
07/06/1999
United Kingdom
English
111 p. : ill.
20 cm
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Quiz No: 205454, Points 1.00, Book Level 4.40,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More
Reprint. Originally published: London: Pavilion, 1997.