Poppy Field

by Morpurgo, Michael | c 1900 - c 1914
Published 26/10/2023 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom
Paperback | 80 pages
270 x 209 x 9mm | 356g

 

A new illustrated story celebrating the poppy's history.

Michael Morpurgo and Michael Foreman have teamed

up with the Royal British Legion to tell an original story

that explains the meaning behind the poppy.

In Flanders' fields, young Martens knows his family's story, for

it is as precious as the faded poem hanging in their home. From

a poor girl comforting a grieving soldier, to an unexpected meeting

of strangers, to a father's tragic death many decades after

treaties were signed, war has shaped Martens's family in profound

ways - it is their history as much as any nation's.

They remember. They grieve. They honour the past.

This book also includes a full-colour, illustrated afterword

that explains the history that inspired the story.

50p per paperback from the sale of POPPY FIELD in the UK will

be paid to Royal British Legion Trading Limited which gives its

taxable profits to The Royal British Legion (Charity no. 219279)