Winner of the Sydney Taylor Award 1990 (Award for Older Readers), and 2003 (Notable Book for Older Readers). Three-time gold winner of the Right Start Magazine Best Toy Awards (book category) in 1997, 2000 and 2002; nominated for Kate Greenaway Award, 2002; elected Master of the Art Workers' Guild 1999; Distinguished Mention in W. H. Smith Illustration Awards, 1991. Michael Morpurgo is one of the UK's most well-known and best-loved authors. 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