Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman was born in Lincolnshire and moved to Australia in his teens. He worked as a paperboy, a shelf-stacker, a frozen chicken de-froster, an assistant to a fashion designer and more, before taking a degree in Professional Writing at Canberra College and becoming a writer.
He has written for TV, stage, newspapers and magazines but is best known for his hugely successful children's books including Two Weeks with the Queen, Bumface, and his series about Felix and Zelda, Once, Now, Then and After. He has won the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award and been shortlisted for the prestigious Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
Books
After
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin Books
Interest age: 11+
Reading age: 10+
The fourth installment in Morris Gleitzman's unforgettable series beginning with Once, tells the story of what happened to Felix in the final, agonising stages of the Second World War.
Bumface
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Penguin
Interest age: 11+
Reading age: 12+
An extremely funny story, with a touch of poignancy.
Give Peas A Chance
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin
Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 9+
Fifteen funny stories, at times comic, wry, whimsical, moving, off-the-wall and downright hilarious, make up this brilliant book.
Grace
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin
Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 9+
Grace's quest to find her father and reunite her family is moving and funny
Now
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin
Interest age: 10+
Reading age: 10+
A beautifully written book, full of hope, love and sorrow; it provides an apt ending to the unforgettable trilogy that also includes Once and Then.
Once
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Penguin
Interest age: 10+
Reading age: 9+
Morris Gleitzman brings heart and humour to the difficult subject of the Holocaust in this ground-breaking children's book.
Then
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin
Interest age: 11+
Reading age: 10+
Then opens with Felix and Zelda running for their lives from a train taking them to a concentration camp.
Toad Rage
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Penguin
Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 8-11
Limpy, the cane toad, deeply disturbed that motorists appear to swerve their cars specifically to run toads over, is determined to put a stop to this needless loss of life. He sets out on a perilous journey to try to persuade humans that cane toads are loveable, friendly creatures. He decides to endear himself to the public by becoming a mascot for the Austr…
Too Small to Fail
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Puffin Book
Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 9+
1 boy. 1 girl. 1 camel. Squillions of dollars. A plan that can't fail. Or can it?
Two Weeks with the Queen
Author: Morris Gleitzman
Publisher: Penguin
Interest age: 11+
Reading age: 10+
When his brother becomes seriously ill with leukaemia, Colin is sent to stay with relatives in England. Determined to get the best help possible, he decides to approach the Queen.