{"product_id":"9780008459826","title":"Carnival of the Animals","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Morpurgo, Michael \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePicture books: character books\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 28 October 2021 by Harpercollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 96 pages\u003cbr\u003e190 x 257 x 19 | 516g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA stunning gift collection of animal poems from master storyteller Michael Morpurgo, celebrating with heart and humour the creatures with whom we share our planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Collaborating once more with iconic artist, Michael Foreman, Morpurgo's poems are inspired by The Carnival of the Animals – a humorous musical by the French composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Building on this classic framework, Michael has added many more animals – they speak in their own voices, full of humour and brio, to tell of their lives and the impact of humanity on their habitats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With full colour illustrations throughout, this celebrated partnership has created a gift book with a strong ecological message that will also ignite a love of poetry in young readers and will appeal to fans of The Lost Words. Above all it is a celebration of the natural world in verse, a book to treasure and to inspire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Michael Morpurgo has sold over 35 million books globally, many of them illustrated by Michael Foreman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491081339266,"sku":"9780008459826","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780008459826.jpg?v=1753739569","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780008459826","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}