Michael Morpurgo
It's such a book for our time really
The former Children's Laureate on the 'hymn to creation' he wishes was his...
The ever-popular children's author reveals the 'book for our time' that he really, really wishes he had written...
The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono
"Giono was a French writer, writing between the wars and into the 1950s. This book is a song to the world, a hymn to creation. It's a story about an old shepherd who lives in the arid hills of Provence, and every day when he goes out with his sheep, he plants acorns. It's such a book for our time really, and I wish I'd written it; I really do."
