A charming mermaid story for Egmont’s Blue Banana series by master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo.Robbie says swimming is easy. You just have to pretend you’re a mermaid. But that doesn’t help Mairi. She isn’t even sure that mermaids are real.Blue bananas are illustrated books for NC Level 2 readers learning to tackle longer prose for the first time with the support of extensive illustrations and speech bubbles. They are carefully designed with education in mind, supporting children’s understanding of vocabulary and punctuation. Blue Bananas explore the feelings and emotions of characters in a clear fashion.
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Odpowiedzialność:
Michael Morpurgo ; ill. by Lucy Richards.
Seria:
Blue Bananas : simple stories for developing readers; Book Band: Turquoise
Urodzony: 5 sierpnia 1943
Jeden z najpoczytniejszych brytyjskich pisarzy, uwielbiany i ceniony przez dzieci na całym świecie. Jest autorem ponad stu książek, z których większość w tym Królestwo Kensuke to bestsellery nagrodzone nie tylko w Wielkiej Brytanii, ale też we Francji, Szwajcarii, Belgii i we Włoszech. Pisarz zdobył m.in. tytuł Autora Roku brytyjskiego Stowarzyszenia Księgarzy 2005 oraz Laureata Dzieci 2003-2005. Odebrał doktoraty honoris causa czterech brytyjskich uniwersytetów Worcester, Plymouth, Exeter, Hertfordshire.
Swoje powołanie odkrył, gdy po ukończeniu studiów [>>] w Londynie rozpoczął pracę jako nauczyciel w szkole podstawowej w Kent. Wspomina: Musiałem czytać uczniom różne książki, z których większość była bardzo nudna. Zdecydowałem, że muszę coś z tym zrobić i zacząłem opowiadać im historie, które wymyślałem też na co dzień dla swoich dzieci. Przekonałem się, jak bardzo wciągnęła je magia opowieści i zarazem zrozumiałem, że wciąga też mnie.
Dziś pisarz zwierza się, że w procesie twórczym najbardziej lubi dwa etapy: wtedy, gdy w jego głowie rodzi się pomysł na książkę oraz gdy gotową opowieścią może dzielić się ze swoimi małymi Czytelnikami. Najwięcej trudności sprawia mu natomiast przelanie myśli na papier - spędza wtedy długie godziny z zeszytem na kolanach, we własnym łóżku, gdzie pisze mu się najlepiej.
Miłość do dzieci autor realizuje także w ramach działalności charytatywnej. W 1976 roku wraz z żoną założył Gospodarstwa Dla Dzieci z Miast Farms For City Children, gdzie w ciągu 30 lat ponad 50 000 dzieci mogło odpocząć od zgiełku wielkiego miasta i doświadczyć życia na łonie natury.
Mówi o sobie, że jest "żonatym starszym panem z trójką dzieci i sześciorgiem wnucząt". Mieszka na jednej ze swoich farm, w Devon, uwielbia słuchać Mozarta, bardzo ceni twórczość m.in. Rudyarda Kiplinga, autora Księgi dżungli. Inspirację do swojej twórczości czerpie ze wszystkiego, co go otacza - zawsze ma "szeroko otwarte oczy i uszy oraz świeże serce" na ludzi, miejsca, zasłyszane opowieści, historię. Królestwo Kensuke wymienia jako jedną ze swoich czterech ulubionych książek.
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