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There Once is a Queen: A poetic, beautifully illustrated children’s book – the perfect gift to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by [Michael Morpurgo, Michael Foreman]

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There Once is a Queen: A poetic, beautifully illustrated children’s book – the perfect gift to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Kindle Edition

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“There once is a Queen ever constant to her people…”

From the Nation’s Favourite Storyteller Sir Michael Morpurgo comes a poetic celebration of our Queen and longest reigning monarch, beautifully illustrated in watercolour by acclaimed artist Michael Foreman. Created in partnership with the Jubilee Pageant Committee

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There once was a little girl, born a princess. While she was still a young woman, she became a queen, our Queen Elizabeth. Now, seventy years later, her reign as the longest serving female monarch in history has seen her stand steadfast through triumph and tribulation, and through the monumental changes that have shaped our world. This remarkable queen has remained devoted to crown, to country . . . and a corgi or two!

Beginning with the queen as a little girl, planting an oak tree with her father, There Once is a Queen follows her incredible story in a way that will bring this historic reign vividly to life for readers, big and small, around the globe. An exquisite gift book and commemoration of the Platinum Jubilee, it marks a unique moment in our shared history and will be a treasured keepsake for generations to come.

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12 May 2022
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There Once is a Queen by Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman

Celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee with this beautiful gift book


Once upon a time, there was a little girl. One day, they say, she planted a tree with her papa, an oak tree. Quite soon, that tree was higher than she was. And quite soon after that she discovered she was a princess.	That tree became her thinking tree, her dreaming tree. Here she tried to work out what her life was for, and decided that she had to do whatever she could to make life better not for herself, but for the people.	So this little girl, this princess, this wife and mother was crowned queen in front of her whole family, in a great abbey, with the whole world watching...

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Praise for Michael Morpurgo:
“A master storyteller at his best” The Sunday Times

“Michael Morpurgo writes brilliantly about war and animals, conveying the big emotions without preaching.” Guardian

“Champagne quality over a wide range of subjects.” Daily Telegraph

“There are few children’s writers as compelling as Michael Morpurgo.” Daily Express

Praise for The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo:
“The Butterfly Lion is unique among animals and books, and will touch all hearts – both young and old.” Virginia McKenna, Born Free Foundation

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Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children’s Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks (12 May 2022)
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Michael Morpurgo is one of Britain's best-loved children's book 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. You can visit him online at www.michaelmorpurgo.com.

Photo by Georges Seguin (Okki) (English: Own work Français : Photo personnelle) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Julie T

The perfect keepsake book for grandchildren

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 May 2022

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Beautifully, sensitively written and illustrated story of our queen’s life. Perfect for reading, sharing and talking about in so many ways with children, but also enjoyable for all of those of us who have shared many of the milestones in her life.

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A beautifully written tribute

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2022

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I purchased this book to read to my class of Year Six children and they were fascinated and moved by it. It led to further discussion about the major events of the last seventy years and how life has changed. The book is a joy to read and the illustrations are beautiful. I would definitely recommend.

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Jill K. Andrew

Totally Brilliant.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2022

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Fabulous, wonderful book by the top notch author.
Fast delivery too.

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SussexSue

Beautiful in every way.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 May 2022

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So pleased I purchased this for my Grand-daughter. What a beautiful keepsake book of a very special event. Beautifully written and the drawings are really lovely. Very happy purchase and 100% + recommend. A very special children’s book to commemorate a very special event.

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lucasacademy

Brilliant

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 May 2022

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I have read this to children from 5 to 11, they all loved it and the illustrations.

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Arabella9

Brilliant present

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 June 2022

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I bought one of these books for a six year old. The story of the Queen's life with beautiful illustrations. Everything was in there from her childhood and the corgis, when she first became Queen, her love of horses, and the years in between leading to the Christmas speech to the Nation. A truly lovely book. So pleased with it that I bought another 2 for different children. They loved it. A very nice memento indeed.

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CHRIS HENNINGS

Fabulous book, but....

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 May 2022

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Fabulous book but the paper slipcover was covered in greasy finger-marks. Bought to give way, I am so unhappy about this.
Surely it should have a packaging cover?

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Auntie Awee

Fantastic gift

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2022

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Bought 2 books for my little great nieces and nephew, as a souvenir for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. I even wrote inside, as a reminder for why they’d been given. Beautiful illustrations and wonderful keepsake. Would definitely recommend

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