Michael Morpurgo Reading Order

17 books (1975–2023)

Start with Living Poets, the first of 17 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Living Poets 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	Horse & Pony Stories 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	Ghostly Haunts 1995Buy 🇺🇸
4	Simply the Best 1996Buy 🇺🇸
5	Centuries of Stories 1999Buy 🇺🇸
6	Fantasy: Red Hot Reads 2004Buy 🇺🇸
7	Three for Tea 2006Buy 🇺🇸
8	Canon Fire 2008Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Birthday Book 2008Buy 🇺🇸
10	Free?: Stories About Human Rights 2009Buy 🇺🇸
11	Ox-Tales: Water 2009Buy 🇺🇸
12	Just When Stories 2010Buy 🇺🇸
13	Magic Beans 2011Buy 🇺🇸
14	Everywhere 2012Buy 🇺🇸
15	Only Remembered 2014Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Great War 2014Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Puffin Book of Bedtime Stories: Big Dreams for Every Child 2023Buy 🇺🇸

27 books (1995–2022)

Start with Mum's The Word, the first of 27 books in the Children's series.

#	Title
1	Mum's The Word 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cool as a Cucumber 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	A Visit to the Farm 2005Buy 🇺🇸
5	Fox Friend 2005Buy 🇺🇸
6	Hansel and Gretel 2008Buy 🇺🇸
7	The King in the Forest 2008Buy 🇺🇸
8	This Morning I Met a Whale 2008Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Kites Are Flying 2009Buy 🇺🇸
10	Homecoming 2012Buy 🇺🇸
11	Meeting Cezanne 2013Buy 🇺🇸
12	Pinocchio 2013Buy 🇺🇸
13	Snug 2013Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Castle in the Field 2013Buy 🇺🇸
15	Half a Man 2014Buy 🇺🇸
16	Minikid 2014Buy 🇺🇸
17	Clare and her Captain 2015Buy 🇺🇸
18	My Father is a Polar Bear 2015Buy 🇺🇸
19	Peter and the Wolf 2016Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Giant's Necklace 2016Buy 🇺🇸
21	Owl or Pussycat?(With: Polly Dunbar) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
22	Carnival of the Animals 2021Buy 🇺🇸
23	A Song of Gladness: A Story of Hope for Us and Our Planet 2022Buy 🇺🇸
24	Barney the Horse and Other Tales from the Farm(With: Guy Parker-Rees) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
25	Flying Scotsman and the Best Birthday Ever(With: National Railway Museum, York) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
26	Jemima The Pig & The 127 Acorns 2022Buy 🇺🇸
27	There Once is a Queen 2022Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1995–2001)

Start with Muck & Magic and read in order.

#	Title
1	Muck & Magic 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	More Muck and Magic 2001Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (1983–2018)

Start with Martians at Mudpuddle Farm, the first of 8 books in the Mudpuddle Farm series.

#	Title
1	Martians at Mudpuddle Farm 1983Buy 🇺🇸
2	Mossop's Last Chance 1988Buy 🇺🇸
3	Albertine, Goose Queen 1989Buy 🇺🇸
4	Jigger's Day Off 1990Buy 🇺🇸
5	Pigs Might Fly! 1991Buy 🇺🇸
6	Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! 1998Buy 🇺🇸
7	Alien Invasion! 2018Buy 🇺🇸
8	Hee-Haw Hooray! 2018Buy 🇺🇸

34 books (1975–2024)

Start with Thatcher Jones, the first of 34 books in the Picture series.

#	Title
1	Thatcher Jones 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	Conker 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	Jo-Jo the Melon Donkey 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	Snakes and Ladders 1994Buy 🇺🇸
5	Blodin the Beast 1995Buy 🇺🇸
6	Sam's Duck 1996Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Rainbow Bear 1999Buy 🇺🇸
8	Wombat Goes Walkabout 1999Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Silver Swan 2000Buy 🇺🇸
10	Mairi's Mermaid 2001Buy 🇺🇸
11	Colly's Barn 2002Buy 🇺🇸
12	Gentle Giant 2003Buy 🇺🇸
13	Cockadoodle-doo Mr. Sultana! 2004Buy 🇺🇸
14	Dolphin Boy 2004Buy 🇺🇸
15	It's a Dog's Life 2004Buy 🇺🇸
16	Little Albatross 2004Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Best Christmas Present in the World 2004Buy 🇺🇸
18	On Angel Wings 2006Buy 🇺🇸
19	King In The Forest 2008Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Best of Times 2009Buy 🇺🇸
21	The Pied Piper of Hamelin 2011Buy 🇺🇸
22	Where My Wellies Take Me 2012Buy 🇺🇸
23	Beauty and the Beast 2013Buy 🇺🇸
24	The Goose Is Getting Fat 2013Buy 🇺🇸
25	All I Said Was 2014Buy 🇺🇸
26	Mimi and the Mountain Dragon 2015Buy 🇺🇸
27	Didn't We Have a Lovely Time! 2016Buy 🇺🇸
28	We Are Not Frogs 2016Buy 🇺🇸
29	Coming Home 2018Buy 🇺🇸
30	Grandpa Christmas(With: Jim Field) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
31	Our Jacko 2018Buy 🇺🇸
32	Poppy Field 2018Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Puffin Keeper 2020Buy 🇺🇸
34	The Ogre Who Wasn't 2024Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2010–2016)

Start with The Voices of Children and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Voices of Children 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips 2016Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1996–1999)

Start with Mystery Stories(By: Helen Cresswell), the first of 6 books in the Red Hot Reads series.

#	Title
1	Mystery Stories(By: Helen Cresswell) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
2	Mystery(By: Helen Cresswell) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
3	Mystifying(By: Helen Cresswell) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ballet Stories(By: Sally Holmes) 1997Buy 🇺🇸
5	Detective Stories(By: Philip Pullman) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
6	Animal Stories 1999Buy 🇺🇸

23 books (1974–2018)

Start with It Never Rained, the first of 23 books in the Short Story Collections series.

#	Title
1	It Never Rained 1974Buy 🇺🇸
2	All Around the Year 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	The White Horse of Zennor and Other Stories 1985Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Marble Crusher and Other Stories 1992Buy 🇺🇸
5	Beyond the Rainbow Warrior 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	From Hereabout Hill 2000Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Kingfisher Book of Great Boy Stories 2000Buy 🇺🇸
8	Because a Fire Was in My Head 2001Buy 🇺🇸
9	The McElderry Book of Aesop's Fables 2004Buy 🇺🇸
10	Old Sticky 2005Buy 🇺🇸
11	War 2005Buy 🇺🇸
12	Singing for Mrs Pettigrew 2006Buy 🇺🇸
13	Wild at Heart 2008Buy 🇺🇸
14	Animal Tales 2009Buy 🇺🇸
15	Christmas Stories 2012Buy 🇺🇸
16	Snow Tales 2012Buy 🇺🇸
17	Island Tales 2013Buy 🇺🇸
18	Of Lions and Unicorns 2013Buy 🇺🇸
19	Stories of War 2013Buy 🇺🇸
20	Such Stuff: A Story-maker's Inspiration 2016Buy 🇺🇸
21	Greatest Animal Stories 2017Buy 🇺🇸
22	Greatest Magical Stories 2018Buy 🇺🇸
23	Magical Myths and Legends 2018Buy 🇺🇸

33 books (1991–2010)

Start with Shape up, Monty!(By: Colin West), the first of 33 books in the Sprinters series.

#	Title
1	Shape up, Monty!(By: Colin West) 1991Buy 🇺🇸
2	Impossible Parents Go Green(By: Brian Patten) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
3	My Little Brother(By: Debi Gliori) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
4	New Big House(By: Debi Gliori) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Finger Eater(By: Arthur Robins,Dick King-Smith) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Haunting of Pip Parker(By: Anne Fine) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Snow Maze(By: Jan Mark) 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	Holly and the Skyboard(By: Ian Whybrow) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Baked Bean Kids(By: Ann Pilling) 1993Buy 🇺🇸
10	Art, You're Magic!(By: Sam McBratney) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	Beware the Killer Coat(By: Susan Gates) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
12	Hector the Rat(By: Tony Wilkinson) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
13	Impossible Parents(By: Brian Patten) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Magic Boathouse(By: Sam Llewellyn) 1994Buy 🇺🇸
15	Easy Peasy(By: Sarah Hayes) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
16	Fighting Dragons(By: Colin West) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
17	Little Stupendo(By: Jon Blake) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
18	Ronnie and the Giant Millipede(By: Jenny Nimmo) 1995Buy 🇺🇸
19	Care of Henry(By: Anne Fine) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
20	Cup Final Kid(By: Martin Waddell) 1996Buy 🇺🇸
21	Emmelina and the Monster(By: June Crebbin) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
22	The Polecat Cafe(By: Sam Llewellyn) 1998Buy 🇺🇸
23	Flora's Fantastic Revenge(By: Nick Warburton) 2000Buy 🇺🇸
24	Little Stupendo Files High(By: Jon Blake) 2001Buy 🇺🇸
25	Patrick's Perfect Pet(By: Annalena McAfee) 2002Buy 🇺🇸
26	Cool as a Cucumber 2003Buy 🇺🇸
27	Tricky Nelly Nickleby(By: Berlie Doherty) 2003Buy 🇺🇸
28	No Tights for George(By: June Crebbin) 2004Buy 🇺🇸
29	Fearless Fitzroy(By: Alex Merry Kathy Henderson) 2005Buy 🇺🇸
30	Lady-long-legs(By: Jan Mark) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
31	Molly and the Beanstalk(By: Pippa Goodhart) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
32	Tarquin the Wonder Horse(By: June Crebbin) 2006Buy 🇺🇸
33	The Most Impossible Parents(By: Brian Patten) 2010Buy 🇺🇸

63 books (1975–2021)

Start with Long Way Home, the first of 63 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Long Way Home 1975Buy 🇺🇸
2	Friend or Foe 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Nine Lives of Montezuma 1980Buy 🇺🇸
4	Miss Wirtles Revenge 1981Buy 🇺🇸
5	Twist of Gold 1983Buy 🇺🇸
6	Little Foxes 1984Buy 🇺🇸
7	Why the Whales Came 1985Buy 🇺🇸
8	Tom's Sausage Lion 1986Buy 🇺🇸
9	King of the Cloud Forests 1987Buy 🇺🇸
10	My Friend Walter 1988Buy 🇺🇸
11	Mr. Nobody's Eyes 1989Buy 🇺🇸
12	Waiting for Anya 1990Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Sandman and the Turtles 1992Buy 🇺🇸
14	The War of Jenkin's Ear 1993Buy 🇺🇸
15	Arthur, High King of Britain 1994Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Dancing Bear 1994Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Wreck of the Zanzibar 1995Buy 🇺🇸
18	Robin of Sherwood 1996Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Butterfly Lion 1996Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Ghost of Grania O'Malley 1996Buy 🇺🇸
21	Escape from Shangri-La 1998Buy 🇺🇸
22	Joan of Arc 1998Buy 🇺🇸
23	Red Eyes at Night 1998Buy 🇺🇸
24	Sparrow 1998Buy 🇺🇸
25	Wartman 1998Buy 🇺🇸
26	Kensuke's Kingdom 1999Buy 🇺🇸
27	Billy the Kid 2000Buy 🇺🇸
28	Black Queen 2000Buy 🇺🇸
29	Dear Olly 2000Buy 🇺🇸
30	Who's a Big Bully Then? 2000Buy 🇺🇸
31	Out of the Ashes 2001Buy 🇺🇸
32	Private Peaceful 2001Buy 🇺🇸
33	Toro! Toro! 2001Buy 🇺🇸
34	Cool! 2002Buy 🇺🇸
35	Mr. Skip 2002Buy 🇺🇸
36	The Last Wolf 2002Buy 🇺🇸
37	The Sleeping Sword 2002Buy 🇺🇸
38	I Believe in Unicorns 2005Buy 🇺🇸
39	The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips 2005Buy 🇺🇸
40	Alone on a Wide Wide Sea 2006Buy 🇺🇸
41	Beowulf 2006Buy 🇺🇸
42	Born to Run / Best Mates 2007Buy 🇺🇸
43	The Mozart Question 2007Buy 🇺🇸
44	Kaspar the Titanic Cat 2008Buy 🇺🇸
45	Kaspar: Prince of Cats 2008Buy 🇺🇸
46	An Elephant in the Garden 2009Buy 🇺🇸
47	Running Wild 2009Buy 🇺🇸
48	Shadow 2010Buy 🇺🇸
49	Little Manfred 2011Buy 🇺🇸
50	A Medal for Leroy 2012Buy 🇺🇸
51	Outlaw 2012Buy 🇺🇸
52	Listen to the Moon 2014Buy 🇺🇸
53	An Eagle in the Snow 2015Buy 🇺🇸
54	The Fox and the Ghost King 2016Buy 🇺🇸
55	Lucky Button 2017Buy 🇺🇸
56	Toto 2017Buy 🇺🇸
57	Flamingo Boy 2018Buy 🇺🇸
58	In the Mouth of the Wolf 2018Buy 🇺🇸
59	The Snowman 2018Buy 🇺🇸
60	Boy Giant: Son of Gulliver 2019Buy 🇺🇸
61	The Day the World Stopped Turning 2019Buy 🇺🇸
62	Not Bad for a Bad Lad 2020Buy 🇺🇸
63	When Fishes Flew 2021Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1982–1997)

Start with War Horse and read in order.

#	Title
1	War Horse 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Farm Boy 1997Buy 🇺🇸