He won the 1995 whitbread childrens book award for the wreck of the zanzibar, the 1996 nestle smarties book prize for the butterfly lion, and the 2000 childrens book award for kensukes kingdom. A blurb is the book description you find on the back of a book or online to describe a book s contents. Sign up to hear about michaels events, news and childrens books by email. Blurb definition is a short publicity notice as on a book jacket. I wanted to print a photo book with blurb for a long time, and finally ordered my first blurb photo book in june 2014. Descriptions of the lead and supporting characters in friend or foe the musical, including vocal ranges. Your blurb can usually be used as your pitch in your query letter or when you are doing an actual facetoface pitch session with an agenteditor. Six writers tell all about covers and blurbs the awl. The film, which was given a theatrical release in april 1982, is based on the 1977 childrens novel by the same name by michael morpurgo. Blurb evacuated from london, david and tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the devon countryside.
Blurbs were originally printed on the back or rear dustjacket of a book, and are now found on web portals and news websites. Murrow and other leading radio personalities blurbed the book, published in 1950 by oxford university press, and siepmann thanked paul lazarsfeld and herta herzog in his acknowledgments. I used this guide this week to write a blurb for a client and it worked a charm. We perform at our very best when we hold cooperation and competition in the right balance. Your book blurb aka online description, like your dating profile, has to be engaging and alluring to attract passersby.
Sep 30, 2015 the book aims high and largely fulfils its promise of handing the reader tools to be a better friend and a more formidable foe. The perfect accompaniment to a topic on world war 2, friend or foe is another of morpurgos finest reads that have captured the imaginations of so many children studying this period in time. Mar 05, 2015 12 books everyone should give her best friend to read. A blurb is a short promotional piece accompanying a piece of creative work. There are also interesting examples of friendfoe relationships.
Private peaceful won the 2005 red house childrens book award and the blue peter book of the year award. It may be written by the author or publisher or quote praise from others. Friend or foe by michael morpurgo book, teaching resources, story. Tes global ltd is registered in england company no 02017289 with its registered office at 26 red lion square london wc1r 4hq. I have been fortunate to have worked with the other michael on more than twenty books. Michael morpurgo or michael andrew bridge morpurgo was born on the 5th of october, 1943, in st. Blurb definition, a brief advertisement or announcement, especially a laudatory one. Friend or foe is a gripping world war ii story from war horse author and former childrens laureate michael morpurgo evacuated from london, david and tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. Synonyms for blurbs at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Galinsky and schweitzer share several applicable examples of how leaders can do this in small, useful ways. What is a good blurb for the book outsiders answers. Oct 12, 2015 this website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions.
Information about blurb in the dictionary, synonyms and antonyms. But one night the skyline of the moor is lit up with gun flashes, and the distant crump of bombing shatters their newfound peace. You have 15 days for someone either you, your friends, or your clients to order your book before we remove it from the site, and a copy is purchased, the book will remain on blurb. Most run several paragraphs, but some publishers want them shorter or in a special format so be sure to check with your publishers guidelines before you begin work. Friend or foe by michael morpurgo 9781405233378paperback. How to write a blurb definition, examples, and more. Novel definition is new and not resembling something formerly known or used. Park, the international history of communication study page 268 edward r. Poet srikanth reddy in a blurb calls the book an extraordinary work of imaginative reconstruction that assembles a postmodernist warren commission report from archival research, obituaries, interviews, and historical broadcasts surrounding the assassination and that discovers in the chaos of evidence, rumor, and falsehood, that no. Friend or foe is a gripping world war ii story from war horse author and former childrens laureate michael morpurgo. The 5 core elements of a book blurb and why you should know. Friend or foe by michael morpurgo goodreads share book. Publishers summary and recommendation of a book, printed usually on the front flap of the books dust jacket, or in an advertisement or catalog. The publishers blurb refers to this book as an existential crime novel.
Blurbs are the second most important selling tool you have for your book, so. Jul 19, 20 the blurb of your book is the second thing a potential reader will look at after the coverso take the time to get it right. Upload and order a book from booksmart help center. The book friend or foe was a very good book in my opinion. But, if you have caught a potential readers attention, the blurb is what will sell your bookand convert readers. The story is a classic tale of secrecy and adventure set during world war two. Blurb is a bookmaking platform and creative community that enables individuals to create, publish, share, and sell highquality photo books, trade books, magazines, and ebooks. But for most healthy people, there is little down side as long as the amounts are not excessive.
To take one example from many, the question of trust in a person, which the book. Embossing, foil stamping, and other customizations. Mar 09, 2017 friend or foe is a gripping world war ii story from war horse author and former childrens laureate michael morpurgo. The book provides research and guidance on balancing these two forces. Synonyms for blurb at with free online thesaurus, antonyms, and definitions. Friend or foe evacuated from london, david and tucky feel as if the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. This book is a guide for navigating our social and professional worlds by learning when to cooperate as a friend and when to compete as a foeand how to be better at both. Friend or foe by michael morpurgo teaching resources. Recalling that dread as i dipped into a friend s manuscript, i realize all over again. The blurb on the back of the book says that it will touch your heart. Mar 27, 2014 we could have friends that support us in need but they could also be the reasons why we strive to earn more, buy more, or do more as we compete to outdo our friends. Friend or foe is a 1982 british independent film that was directed by john krish for the childrens film foundation.
It lacks the definitive hard line of more simplistic manuals of. This transcript of a spontaneous talk in answer to the question, what of the ego. Company overview blurb is a company and a community that believes passionately in the power of books. The blurb on the book is very misleading in this respect. For the present work i used a selfcompiled corpus of the online blurbs of 234 textbooks published between 1996 and 2011 by elsevier publishing under two imprints, butterworthheinemann and architectural press 1 with a total 82,497 words, an average of 352. Well worth a read, but not in the same league as for example war horse. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. Much of modern life seems geared towards forcing us to compete rather than cooperate. An easytofollow, practical guide to writing the best blurb to sell your selfpublished book, provided by ya author sarah juckes of completelynovel. Friend or foe by michael morpurgo book, teaching resources, story, cards, mat, sequencing, primary resources, play, early years.
Proper usage and audio pronunciation plus ipa phonetic transcription of the word blurb. Evacuated from london, david and tucky feel like the war is a long way away from their new life in the countryside. Learn the words you need to communicate with confidence. In the tradition of goodnight mr tom, carries war, and the boy in the striped pyjamas, friend or foe is a novel that takes children to the heart. When to cooperate, when to compete, and how to succeed at both by galinsky, adam isbn. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Improve your vocabulary with english vocabulary in use from cambridge. The book had many historical facts in it such has the bombing that went on by the germans over london, the way they shipped kids away to live with other families to keep them safe and wars that went on. Once your book has finished uploading, your browser will launch and you will be taken to blurb. From cambridge english corpus paratextual traces the blurb, back cover, inside cover, notes and title are part of the marketing process. The short summary of a book, usually on the inside cover or back, that most people read so they can say they read the book we had to read a book for school, but i just read the blurb by oh just someone january 24, 2016. Blurb definition in the cambridge english dictionary.
The cover blurb is one of the more important adverts for your book it has to summarize your entire novel in just a few paragraphs. A blurb is the back cover teaser that lures a reader or an agenteditor into wanting to buyread your book. Excessive amounts of resistant starch or any other. For all intents and purposes, your publisher has written this.
How to write a great nonfiction book blurb from polly letofsky of my word publishing. Click the link below for a good website with detailed howto. Apr 04, 2011 six writers tell all about covers and blurbs by matthew gallaway april 4, 2011 writers by definition spend a lot of time on the inside of books, which is why what happens on the outside namely, cover art and blurbs can feel precarious and daunting. When to cooperate, when to compete, and how to succeed at both kindle edition by galinsky, adam, schweitzer, maurice. How to write an effective blurb for a selfpublished book. An abridgement of friend or foe by michael morpurgo. Friend and foe by galinsky and schweitzer financial times.