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Hailing from a family of actors, best-selling children's writer Sir Michael Morpurgo likes to joke that were it not for a twist of fate he could have been the next George Clooney! Best known as the author of War Horse which was adapted into the film by Stephen Spielberg, over forty years Michael has written more than 130 books. Hear Michael talking to Maggie Lee about teaching, what he learnt from the poet Ted Hughes and why lying down is the best way to write!

Sam is a city boy through and through - and isn’t looking forward to his school trip to Nethercott Farm at all. But busy days of farm work, animals and learning all about nature weave their magic - and when Sam finds a duck about to be dinner, he is determined to save him. But how?

When a young boy goes from the city to stay on the farm, he discovers a world he never knew existed - a world of vegetable gardens, ducks and geese, where the sheep graze in the fields, where apples and pears grow in the orchard. He also meets Jemima the pig: she smells and she slobbers, she breaks out of her pen to steal potatoes, and she’s the undisputed queen of the farm. Soon, he’s hiding acorns in his pockets to feed to her every time he sees her. But then, Jemima starts to feel ill.