The Butterfly Lion

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She enjoyed this book very much and had read parts of it to me explaining the story as we went along. How the story of the two ends, how the old woman comes to know of it, and how all of it ties back into WW1, you'll have to discover for yourselves. However, he is carefully ambiguous enough to allow a wide verity of readers to identify directly with him. It may be difficult to remember sometimes,but there's always sun behind the clouds,and the clouds do go in the end.

We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. He fought as a soldier, but became a real hero for keeping a special promise and for saving the lion from a life in a cage. The story explores the childhood of Bertie in Africa, his move to Britain, his friendship with Millie as well as his participation in World War Two. Michael was Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005, and founded the charity Farms for City Children with his wife, Clare.They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. Millie, who has become a nurse in the hopes of finding Bertie, reads about him in a newspaper and the two are reunited. The Butterfly Lion transports the reader/listener to two very different continents and several different stages in time.

I particularly liked the descriptions of the African settings, perhaps because my parents both grew up in Africa. The story is written in such a way so that I became attached to the characters, each unique in their own way. He was a loving, kind and gentle creature although he was a lion and he was an extremely beautiful animal. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic.There are so many benefits from listening to a story in any format, from developing listening skills and quite concentration to fostering imagination and visualization techniques. The tale follows the young boy who meets a number of people, the most important of which is an old lady who tells the boy a story of her (and her husbands) life, this is where the lion also comes in to it. Renowned for his compelling storytelling, Michael Morpurgo is an iconic figure in the world of children's literature. I would recommend it as a class 'story time' book for years 2 and 3, and as a reading for pleasure book for years 4-6.