SUMMARYJoey, a beautiful blood-red bay colt, is purchased at an auction out of spite and brought to be a farm horse. There, he develops a relationship with farm boy Albert, a bond that will last even when the two are separated for war. WORLDBUILDINGI’m not into war stories, but I’m less into WWII th...
I've been interested in seeing the movie War Horse since I heard about it. Oh and about the cast: And for other reasons... I realized it was a book and picked it up as an audiobook. It's not a long audiobook, just over four hours. Since I had a lot of driving for work I ended up finishing it ...
bookshelves: wwi, kiddlewinks, play-dramatisation, published-1982, autumn-2010, war, young-adult Recommended for: BBC7 listeners Read on November 14, 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/...First World War tale of a boy's extraordinary bond with his horse. Stars Timothy Spall, Brenda Blet...
I listened to this on audio and was listening to this while making my way to a ‘gig’ at Wooster College in Ohio, where I was to draw caricatures. Drawing caricatures for the public requires a certain amount of upbeat interaction, so it might not have been a good time to cry over Joey the War Horse....
I never thought I would say this but I think I liked the movie better than the book. Hard to believe I know. I loved the movie so I decided to read this book, which I liked but was disappointed when you compared them.
It's amazing how a change of perspective can remind us of events in a way that makes them both familiar and completely new. We know so much about the First World War, but to see it from the perspective of the horses used in battle and as support to the troops, it becomes something richer and more t...
Small Books can often leave big impressions and this is the case with War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.Michael Murpurgo writes wonderful children's novels and I had loved some of his books very much and War Horse is one of those books that leaves a lasting impression.This is not a novel with a complica...
Ti venderò questo cavallo per un pennyAvrei dovuto leggere prima il libro e poi vedere il film, però va bene lo stesso. Il libro mi è piaciuto, anche se sono rimasta sorpresa nello scoprire che seguiva il cavallo e non il ragazzo ( colpa mia, come ho detto prima ho visto prima il film ). Comunque è...
Why call war horse in a war full of artillery? No longer there the beauty of the cavalry. A sweet story, but maybe too sweet. BY THE WAY, the movie version features Tom Hiddleston and Benedict Cumberbatch!!! Well, the film is good.
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