Saturday 14 January 2017

Kaspar By Michael Morpurgo

Kaspar Read By Michael Morpurgo

Title:Kaspar
Author:Michael Morpurgo
Format:Hardcover
Page:224 pages
ISBN:0007266995

Kaspar the cat first came to The Savoy Hotel in a basket Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in Johnny was a bell boy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky s things to her room.But Johnny didn t expect to end up with Kaspar on his hands forever, and nor did he count on making friends with Lizziebeth, a spirited American heiress Prett Kaspar the cat first came to The Savoy Hotel in a basket Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in Johnny was a bell boy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky s things to her room.But Johnny didn t expect to end up with Kaspar on his hands forever, and nor did he count on making friends with Lizziebeth, a spirited American heiress Pretty soon, events are set in motion that will take Johnny and Kaspar all around the world, surviving theft, shipwreck and rooftop rescues along the way Because everything changes with a cat like Kaspar around After all, he s Kaspar Kandinsky, Prince of Cats, a Muscovite, a Londoner and a New Yorker, and as far as anyone knows, the only cat to survive the sinking of the Titanic I ve done a picture of the ship we re sailing home on next week, said Lizziebeth Papa says it s the biggest, fastest ship in the whole wide world She s called the Titanic Isn t she the most magnificent ship you ever saw This story was inspired by Kaspar, the legendary cat of the Savoy Hotel in London But he s a living legend I know, I ve seen him Michael Morpurgo


about Author

Michael Morpurgo is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the war, then returned to London, moving later to Essex After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to Michael Morpurgo is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the war, then returned to London, moving later to Essex After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write He left teaching after ten years in order to set up Farms for City Children with his wife They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were awarded an MBE for services to youth He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books



thumbnailTitle: Kaspar
Posted by:Michael Morpurgo
Published :2016-02-13T06:01+01:00
Kaspar the cat first came to The Savoy Hotel in a basket Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in Johnny was a bell boy, you see,
Kaspar
224 pagesMichael Morpurgo

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