The Marble Crusher

Subjects

Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
Animal Tales - bundles of fur, fluff and fun
Funny Stuff - rib ticklers to make you fall off your chair
Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
Poetry - rhyme, rhythm and rap
Facts & Information - lists, stats and plenty of facts

Average rating

4 out 5

Three brilliant stories that will captivate young readers by War Horse author and former Children's Laureate, Michael Morpurgo. The Marble Crusher Does Mr Manners, the headmaster, really have a machine that crushes marbles? Albert thinks so. Colly's Barn Colly the owl and Screecher the swallow band together to save the barn. Conker Nick beats the bully, Stevie Rooster, and becomes Conker king. But can he rescue a mistreated dog while searching for the best conker? Michael Morpurgo, demonstrates why he is considered to be the master storyteller in these animal tales that are wonderful for engaging early readers. aged seven years and up. Michael has written more than one hundred books for children including An Eagle in the Snow, Listen to the Moon, Private Peaceful, and An Elephant in the Garden 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.

I have read this book

I liked this story, I like how the author chose to use a man who crushed marbles, and i really enjoyed this book, I would recommend it to people that like fantasy

Principal Panther Submarine 06.08.2024

Star Reviewer

I thought it was exciting because you never know what’s gonna happen in the next chapter. My favourite character was Mr Manners because he got a right old good joke on Sid Creedy.

Superintendent Jazzy Jamboree 01.08.2022

This books is made up of three different stories. My favourite one was The Marble Crusher, which is also the title of the book. A new boy came to the school and believed everything his friends said so one day a friend played a trick on him about a mysterious Japanese machine called marble crusher. Near the end of the story Albert, the new boy, took his revenge and with a bit of help from the headmaster made the mean boy actually believe the marble crusher was real. I would recommend this book to all my friends and especially those who may be sad because someone is making them angry.

Captain Dobbin Chocolate-mousse 06.09.2021