Lägg till bokmärkeThe Butterfly Lion
ILLUSTRATED BY CHRISTIAN BIRMINGHAM. A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. "All my life I'll think you you, I promise I will. I won't ever forget you." Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion wh... (show more)
ILLUSTRATED BY CHRISTIAN BIRMINGHAM. A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. "All my life I'll think you you, I promise I will. I won't ever forget you." Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten. (show less)
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A perfect blend of mystery, magic, fantasy and reality. The story moves from deepest Wiltshire to the South African Veld. Here we meet Bertie who has rescued a lion cub . . . his pet. When he is eleven he is sent home to boarding school, and the cub is sold to a circus. But Bertie's one thought: will he ever meet his pet again? The reader travels in time with Bertie and Millie through the pre-war, war and post-war years. Michael Morpurgo's mastery of words creates powerful images of relation... (show more)
A perfect blend of mystery, magic, fantasy and reality. The story moves from deepest Wiltshire to the South African Veld. Here we meet Bertie who has rescued a lion cub . . . his pet. When he is eleven he is sent home to boarding school, and the cub is sold to a circus. But Bertie's one thought: will he ever meet his pet again? The reader travels in time with Bertie and Millie through the pre-war, war and post-war years. Michael Morpurgo's mastery of words creates powerful images of relationships, friendships, separation and suffering. (show less)
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A very touching children's story which is imaginative without being completely implausible. There is a very clever twist at the end. The illlustrations in this edition are very effective.
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