by Michael Morpurgo · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781406326208
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«Hansel and Gretel» is the tale by Michael Morpurgo, illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark, published by Walker & Company in paperback.
A retelling of the classic Brothers Grimm tale: Hansel and Gretel, abandoned by their parents, get lost in the forest and discover a gingerbread house inhabited by a wicked witch. Michael Morpurgo tells the story with tension and emotion, and Emma Chichester Clark's illustrations recreate that fantasy world.
This paperback edition, published in 2010 by Walker & Company, has 64 pages and text in English.
Intended for children and young readers who want to discover an illustrated version of this traditional tale.
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). 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 the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.
