Michael Morpurgo's children's classic is now a BAFTA nominated major movie animation that The Sunday Times calls 'bold, charming and beautiful' starring Cillian Murphy, Sally Hawkins and Ken Watanabe. With screen play by children's laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. From the award-winning author of War Horse. 'A dazzling adventure' - The Times 'I heard the wind above me in the sails. I remember thinking, this is silly, you haven't got your safety harness on, you haven't got your lifejacket on. You shouldn't be doing this . I was in the cold of the sea before I could even open my mouth to scream.' Washed up on an island in the Pacific, Michael struggles to survive on his own.
With no food and no water, he curls up and closes his eyes ready for the end. When he wakes, there is a plate beside him of fish, of fruit, and a bowl of fresh water. He is not alone . Kensuke's Kingdom is a gripping adventure of survival and true friendship from the author of War Horse. Michael Morpurgo has written more than one hundred books for children and won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children's Book Award and has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times. Kensuke's Kingdom was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and won the FCB Award. Gold title *One of The Times top films of 2024 with incredible blanket review coverage * Nominated for BAFTA Children's and Family Film Award * Produced by Lupus Films, Kensuke's Kingdom has a star-studded cast. It features the voices of BAFTA winner and Oscar nominated, Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water and Paddington), Cillian Murphy (Batman Begins and Inception) and Ken Watanabe (from The Last Samurai and Inception).
* This film and the tie-in edition gives us the chance to bring this incredible book to a whole new generation of readers and enjoy a moment of wider awareness than ever before. * Kensuke's Kingdom is a children's classic, beloved by schools and parents alike and has sold almost half a million copies through TCM alone. It is one of the books for which Michael is best known. * Kensuke's Kingdom was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and won the FCB Award. Competition: War Horse;Private Peaceful;Butterfly Lion; There Once is a Queen;Born to Run;An Eagle in the Snow;The Day I Fell into a Fairytale;Skandar and the Unicorn Thief;An Eagle in the Snow;Varjak Paw. Michael Morpurgo;Frank Cottrell-Boyce;Hannah Gold;Lord of the Flies;J.K.Rowling;Roald Dahl; SF Said.