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.

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. His novel War Horse has been successfully adapted as a West End and Broadway theatre play and a major film by Steven Spielberg.There are six stories in the collection: 'Mossop's Last Chance', 'Albertine Goose Queen', 'And Pigs Might Fly', 'Jigger's Day Off', 'Martians At Mudpuddle Farm', and 'Mum's The Word'.

We had great fun reading it, and, as her reading skills are developing, she was joining in reading too. Albertine is safe on her island in the pond - at least so she thinks, until the fox starts swimming towards her.In the first story Mosop's Last Chance the animals all join forces to try and help Mossop catch the mice on the farm. Can the Real Pigeons solve the mystery of the bird-bottler, catch up with a criminal ostrich, and foil the evil plans of Mr Pie, who wants to do unspeakable things to baby blackbirds? Mossop's eyesight is not so good though, his claws need sharpening and he prefers to cat nap all day. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.