Michael Morpurgo's Little Manfred: the illustrator's tale

Michael Foreman, illustrator of Michael Morpurgo's new book Little Manfred, describes how "fact, coincidence, imagination, friendship" all came together to create the book

http://www.guardian.co.uk/childrens-books-site/2011/may/25/michael-foreman-morpurgo-little-manfred

extract from the book

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/interactive/2011/may/25/michael-morpurgo-little-manfred-extract

+ nice illustrations