2.5* read this for french class

Year 4 =.=ooo i didn't like this at the start but then it got quite exciting then boring again.but an OKAY book.

Review coming!Rated: 4 stars

Reading it again only reminds me why it’s my favourite book ever.

Received this reread for my birthday. Would highly recommend, it is a great book!

This enchanting tale is full of emotive storylines throughout - love, compassion, hope, despair, envy, trust, fear and jealousy are just some of the feelings that are expertly portrayed by the inimitable Michael Morpurgo.The story tells of a 12 year old boy, Michael who lives with his parents and his dog - Stella Artois - in a normal family home. One day Michael's father loses his job, and as there are no more available where they live, the family decide to follow a dream and use dad's redundanc...

My son is reading this book at school with his class and I decided to read it as well as he said he would like to be able to discuss it with me because he found it so exciting, I love to read a Michael Morpurgo book every now and again as I love his writing and one of my favourite books by Michael Morpurgo is Private Peaceful so was quite happy to read Kensuke's Kingdom.The story is about Michael a twelve year old boy who gets washed up on an island in the pacific, Michael struggles to survive

A deceptively simple and straightforward story - so brilliantly written and without a doubt up their with Morpurgo's very best. As with all classic 'children's literature' this transcends any confines of the genre.

"𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙄 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢." A modern day Robinson Crusoe story for young people (9+) and their family. A really fab read, that I enjoyed reading with my children. I found it prompted lots of discussion which is a really great thing when reading with kids.#recommendedread #adventurestory

Kensuke’s Kingdom is an adventure story about an eleven year old boy and his dog who get ship-wrecked on a remote island. The boy Michael has been on a pleasant sail around the world with his parents when suddenly he falls overboard in the middle of the night. Awakening on a beach, he has few survival skills and little hope. Mysteriously, food and water appear near his cave. Michael is not alone on the island, but his benefactor chooses to remain hidden. Only when the boy tries to build a signal...

Kensuke's Kingdom is a story of an eleven year old boy Michael who gets washed up on an island on the eve of his 12th birthday and meets an old man by the name of Kensuke who has lived alone on the island for 40+ years. During the months Michael is stranded on the island, he and Kensuke form a bond of close friendship and learn to live together as a family but at the same time Michael never loses faith and hope that he will meet his parents again one day.I have made a pact with myself to read as...

I don't know what's happening. Almost every book I picked up to read this week is making me cry. Do I regret it? Heck, no! I am so glad it's happening.This book is so good. Being a children's book, I thought I would love it for the innocence in the writing and the illustrations. But heck, no (again!) I enjoyed it for what it is. Full of adventure, full of Robinson Crusoe vibes. The book offers a story about family, pets, animals, the sea and its numerous creatures, an island nestling a forest an...

This book was amazing, anyone who reads it at first might or probably will find it boring, however it soon begins to get exciting. Plus the more you read it, the more you want to carry on reading. I found this book very fascinating and interesting and what i think of Michael Morpurgo is that he is a very talented writer and i do know that he has written many other books and he really has inspired and encouraged me to read more of his books. I really would recommend this to anyone aged from 9-11

A wonderfully stirring story of companionship, love, hope and anguish, brilliantly told through the eyes of Michael - the book’s brave protagonist. There are light-hearted moments of joy and laughter, yet also moments of great sadness. An utterly compelling read. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. A recommended read for children in Upper KS2.

this book follows michael and his parents on a trip of a lifetime around the world. they give up thier jobs, pack their belongings onto the 'peggy sue' and off they set. sounds like a fairy tale doesn't it...michael falls over board and ends up being washed up on an island with only one other inhabitant - kensuke!this story is one of immense emotion and explores friendship and loyalty. it shows the true spirit of human nature and will bring a tear to the hardest 11 year old (yes, i cried too!)ev...

Note to Self - to read depends on what Scarlett thinks when she is finished with it. 😊

Children should always have at least one book about far-off adventures that involve the treacherous seas. This slim volume about a boy and his dog and orangutans on an island is just about a perfect read for child and/or adult.The boy and his parents decide to set aside the usual landlubber life and take off on a voyage aboard their sailboat. Everything goes well until the boy and his dog fall off the boat and end up on an island full of mystery. There seems to be someone else living there, a re...

4,5! I enjoyed this so incredibly much! If only it were a bit longer, so I could've spent more time with Michael and Kensuke instead of leaving them so early. The book reminded me of The Island of the Blue Dolphins (one of my favourite books as a child) in the best way possible, and I can't get over what an adorable and mesmerzing read it was. Truly magical in its beauty, with just the perfectly right amount of bittersweetness, melancholy and emotion without being too sappy or on-the-nose at the...

7.9/10For a long time Michael, his parents and the fourth member of the family a dog named Stella are having a great time sailing around the world in their yacht the Peggy Sue. Sure they had some rough times, very natural when you decide to do something like that, but they always had each other. Till one day, during a storm, Michael and Stella fell off Peggy Sue. When Michael opens his eyes again he finds himself in a very small island in the middle of nowhere.That's where he will meet Kensuke a...

Kensuke's Kingdom is a wonderful story of survival and friendship as it takes you away as Michael, a boy out with his family on the ultimate adventure. Michael and his family are going to live aboard the Peggy Sue, (boat). His family consists of a mother, father, and dog, Stella Artois. Drifted away in a storm, Michael and Stella end up on an island and are reluctantly accepted into Kensuke's, (a World War II veteran who hasn't left the island since the war was over) world. Personally, the novel...