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Michael Morpurgo's Favourite Children's Books

The award-winning author of War Horse and The Butterfly Lion selects his top five children's reads


Posted: 18 November 2011
by Fiona McKim


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The Tiger Who Came To Tea by Judith Kerr (HarperCollins, £5.99)

"Judith Kerr's classic story about a tiger who comes calling, sits down to tea and eats absolutely everything in the house and drinks all the water too, is both charming and thought-provoking".

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