Winner of the Nottingham Mega Read Award; selected for the Richard and Judy Children's Reading Club; shortlisted and longlisted for several other awards. Winner of the Prix de l'ecole Aujourd'hui 2015; nominated for Prix Landerneau 2014; nominated for Grand Prix Michelin de la Biennale du carnet de voyage 2010. Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved ... Read moreauthors. A prolific writer, he has won numerous awards and was the Children's Laureate from 2003 to 2005. His world-famous War Horse met with international acclaim and has been made into a stage play and a film. Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Childrens Literature at Newcastle University. She has advised on and contributed to many children's literature broadcasts, programmes, films and other projects, including for the V&A Museum, British Library and British Council. In 2013 she won the International Brothers Grimm Award for an outstanding body of research into children's literature. She is a trustee of Seven Stor Show Less