Fiction - African, Fiction - Animals - General & Miscellaneous, Fiction - Children's Classics, Fiction - Animals - Mammals
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Overview
Discover the beautiful stories of Michael Morpurgo, author of Warhorse and the nation’s favourite storytellerAn edition of the Smarties-Prize-winning story from the former Children’s Laureate. Now published into the First Modern Classics list, fantastic stories for young readers.A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion.Bertie rescues an orphaned 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.Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children. He has written over 100 books and won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Whitbread Award and the Blue Peter Book Award.
Book Details
Published
November 24, 2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
144
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780007380626