Little Manfred
Written by Michael Morpurgo
Narrated by Daniel Philpott
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
The heart-lifting, heartbreaking story by Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller.
In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German prisoner of war for the children of the British family with which he stayed after the fighting ended. This is the story of how it got there…
When the Bismarck sinks, one of the only German survivors is taken on board a British ship as a prisoner of war. Sent to live with a host family, Walter must adapt to a new way of life, in the heart of an enemy country. Gradually, though, he finds a friend in ten-year-old Grace. So when the time finally comes to go back to Germany, it’s an emotional parting, with Walter leaving Grace with only a carved wooden dog to remember him by. The question is, will Walter and Grace ever meet again? In 1966, with the World Cup coming to Britain, that opportunity may just have come along…
Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain’s best-loved writers for children. He has written over 130 books including War Horse, which was adapted for a hugely successful stage production by the National Theatre and then, in 2011, for a film directed by Steven Spielberg. Michael was Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005. The charity Farms for City Children, which he founded thirty years ago with his wife Clare, has now enabled over 70,000 children to spend a week living and working down on the farm. His enormous success has continued with his most recent novels Flamingo Boy and The Snowman, inspired by the classic story by Raymond Briggs. He was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
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Reviews for Little Manfred
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In 1966 two children are playing on the beach when they meet two retired men. Gradually their story unfolds. One of the men is German and a survivor of the sinking of the warship Bismarck which was destroyed by the British during World War II. The other was the British soldier who saved the German man's life. Taken Prisoner of War, the German was billeted out with a host family who lived on a farm near the beach. He made friends with their daughter, 10-year-old Grace, and gave her with a wooden Dachshund called Little Manfred, painted brown with red wheels, when the war was over and he left the farm. Coincidentally, Grace is the mother of the two children. Twenty years later the little wooden dog is placed in the Imperial War Museum.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lovely story based on the true story of a toy dog made by German prisoners of war that is now in the Imperial War Museum. The kind of book I could imagine reading to a group of children and them all being completely gripped by it.