Michael Morpurgo is the multi-award winning children's author. He was also the Children's Laureate 2003-2005. Despite being a very busy man, Michael has managed to find time to choose this month's book choice for us.

If you would like to find out more about Michael Morpurgo and his book - follow this link. http://www.michaelmorpurgo.org

Below is an extract from his website.

Michael Morpurgo is, in his own words, "oldish, married with three children, and a grandfather six times over." Born in 1943, he attended schools in London, Sussex and Canterbury. He went on to London University to study English and French, followed by a step into the teaching profession and a job in a primary school in Kent. It was there that he discovered what he wanted to do.

Living in Devon, listening to Mozart, and working with children have provided most of the stimulae Michael needs to discover and write his stories. He spends about half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories. "For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out - the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers."