Michael Morpurgo Quotes

Michael Morpurgo — English Author born on October 05, 1943,

Michael Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL, FKC, DL is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse. 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 World War I. Morpurgo became the third British Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005... (wikipedia)

Animals are sentient, intelligent, perceptive, funny and entertaining. We owe them a duty of care as we do to children.

One of the great failings of our education system is that we tend to focus on those who are succeeding in exams, and there are plenty of them. But what we should also be looking at, and a lot more urgently, is those who fail.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

It is the child's understanding that teaches the adults the way of the future. They're still doing it today with modern technology.

It's the teacher that makes the difference, not the classroom.