Spring: The uplifting memoir of springtime joy - an instant Sunday Times bestseller

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Michael Morpurgo

Spring

The uplifting memoir of springtime joy - an instant Sunday Times bestseller

Michael Morpurgo

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English

Hodder & Stoughton
24 June 2025

Prose: non-fiction; Fiction & Literature; Agriculture & farming

MICHAEL MORPURGO'S FIRST BOOK OF ADULT NON-FICTION IN FORTY YEARS.

THE NO 4 SUNDAY TIMES AND NO 1 SATURDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

A GUARDIAN AND TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2025

'Uplifting and enchanting. A celebration of life by our master story-teller.' JOANNA LUMLEY

'Spring is a delight. His love and knowledge of the countryside are profound. We are all the richer for what he sees.' PHILIP PULLMAN

'Full of vibrant colour and most of all, heart and soul.' CLARE BALDING

And there, as I struggle to open the gate, I happen to glance down and see it. Frog spawn! Clumps of it, floating like grey slimy sponges on the surface of the puddle. I crouch down to be close to it, to the beginning of new life.

Michael Morpurgo has lived on a farm deep in rural Devon for more than forty years. In Spring, he observes the season unfold around him, as fragile new shoots emerge, buds turn to blossom and grey skies give way to blue.

As the natural world shakes off a long winter, Michael watches lambs being born on the farm, delights in a fanfare of bluebells in the woods, and sings to the birds, dressed in his wellies and dressing gown. He shares small moments of joy found in the back garden, as well as more dramatic encounters with sparrowhawks, hares and otters.

With new poems and reminiscences about childhood and springs gone by, this is an enchanting memoir of a season from one of the world's best-loved authors.

By: Michael Morpurgo
Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 220mm, Width: 142mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 269g
ISBN: 9781399728843
ISBN 10: 1399728849
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 24 June 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain's best-loved writers. He has written more than 100 books and has won the Smarties Prize, the Whitbread Award, and most recently the Blue Peter Book Award for PRIVATE PEACEFUL. He is also the author of WAR HORSE, which has been made into a Tony Award-winning Broadway play and a Golden Globe-nominated film. Michael was Writer in Residence at The Savoy Hotel from January to March 2007, and previously he was Children's Laureate from 2003-2005, a role that took him across Britain to inspire a love of reading in children. Michael and his wife Clare founded Farms for City Children in 1976 at Nethercott Farm, deep in Devon river country, and Michael has called the project his 'greatest story'. The charity now operates three working farms: Treginnis Isaf on the Pembrokeshire coast opened twenty years ago and Wick Court in Gloucestershire opened in 1997. They aim to expand the horizons of children from towns and cities all over the country by offering them a week in the countryside living together on one of their farms.

Reviews for Spring: The uplifting memoir of springtime joy - an instant Sunday Times bestseller

A lyrical portrait of spring on the Devon farm where the author of Warhorse has lived for nearly half a century. * Guardian, books to look forward to in 2025 * Michael Morpurgo spins his magic and invites us to look at something as familiar as springtime with new and loving eyes. Uplifting and enchanting, it is a celebration of life by our master story-teller. -- JOANNA LUMLEY