Claire and Her Captain

The story captures the trip of a girl named Claire with her parents to the village for vacation. It is a bright tale about Claire's friendship with a lonely old man and his horse named Captain, who later dies; about death and how the support of loved ones helps cope with loss. The prototype of the main character was the wife of Michael Morpurgo (the author of the story) in her youth. The elegant watercolor illustrations for the book were drawn by British artist Catherine Rayner.