The Butterfly Lion (First Modern Classics)

By Author / Illustrator

Michael Morpurgo

Genre

Animals

Age range(s)

11+

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

ISBN

9780007317356

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

25-06-2009

Synopsis

New 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.