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saffron brown says:

This is a book full of adventure and trust me, you wont want to put it down, thats a common thing with Michael Morpurgo. He has the affect that if you put the book down, something big will happen whilst your not reading, the longest its taken me to read one of his books was 4days.

Lorna says:

The butterfly lion is my 2nd favorite book you have written! The first is private peaceful! I have both on audio booke is! I have a question about the butterfly lion, where is it set? I ask this because I live in leighton buzzard and there is a white lion on the hill side (just like it says in the book!) you are my faveorte author and the book I have by you are:
.Private Peaceful
.Dear olly
.Billy the kid
.Dancing bear
And the ones i have on audio
.the butterfly lion
.kensuke’s kingdom
And I am saving up for the butterfly lion and kensuke’s kingdom is book form

evo says:

wow another amazing book for micheal morpurgo.This was the first book I ever read off micheal morpurgo,and it was amazing.I love adventure storys which is why I love this book sooooooooooo much.

brookie says:

i love this book and i love the part when the little boy ran away from school

ak2001 says:

i love this book so much

Nellienancy says:

I have enjoyed reading this book three years in a row to my year 3 classes and they have loved it. Listening intently through the story and enjoying the poignant end (and me struggling to compose myself!). It is beautifully written and the fact that our school is situated near the White Lion on the Dunstable downs adds extra magic. Sorry Mr Morpurgo, but when the class ask if the story is real and the Whipsnade lion is the one in the story, I don’t deny it. I just give the most twinkly, magical smile I can muster!

olivia says:

i love the butterfly lion it is a great book the lion is wicked i would recoemend it to any0ne i love it!!!!!!

luis suarez says:

best book ever

Anna says:

I think the butterfly lion is a great book i am enjoying it very much.
I love this book lots.

MAGS says:

This book is the best book I have ever read .
and i have read .
. Private peaceful
.Dear Olly
.Billy the kid
.dancing bear
.The butterfly lion
.Kensuke’s kingdom

matthew says:

the butter fly lion is amazing best book ever

katzuma says:

I really like the butterfly lion its very gripy it makes you want to read on. I have read it 2 times but i still like it

declan says:

i think its a great book and i am now finished it was gr8
yours sencerly declan

sdp says:

I am 9 years old, I know its a young age but I am so fond of reading these michael morpurgo books and they have definitly stolen my heart! This is one of the most beautiful books I have ever read!

Helene says:

This book is the best book ever!

Dancing trailor says:

The friendship between Bertie and the lion is really trusting,as it was really a sad story. It is really a story that everyone should read!
It’s the best book I’ve read before!

Luna the moon says:

It’s really the best book!!
>0< !

lf301 says:

If I had a chose I would go for the Butterfly Lion. it is the best book ever. :):):)

thomaspp2000 says:

This is a relly good book. My class and I have been reading what is your best book.

Munchkin says:

I relay love your book The Butterfly Lion.I love the relationship of Bertie and the white lion.If you wanted to would you write another one? From munchkin

Isabella Warman says:

The Butterfly Lion is a lyrical and moving tale of a young boy called Bertie growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld.They are the best of friends until one day when Bertie is sent away to a boarding school in England and the white lion is sold to the circus. Bertie cannot bear to see them apart but it is to late the lion is sold and Bertie swears on his heart that one day they will see each other again. Later on in life Bertie goes on to be a solider and fight in the war. He is unfortunately wounded in the trenches and has to stay in the hospital in a wheelchair. When one day he sees a poster outside a french cafe a picture of his white lion. He asks the owner of the cafe about the poster and the café owner said that the circus owner was badly hit by the shells and lost all the animal except for the white lion. Bertie finds the white lion and then they return home back to Africa. When the white lion dies Bertie promises to rember him and so he makes a chalk portrait of the white lion and makes a promise never to forget him. Bertie, dose not do it all on his own but with friends that he will also never forget. This story has touched my heart and many others too. I always end up crying at the end. Put this book at the top of you must buy list

Bella says:

The Butterfly Lion is an amazing book and when you finish reading it you are guaranteed you will need a box of tissues. AMAZING! A must buy book. Worth every second you read of it. It will touch the your heart and make you want to read it again and again and that’s GUARANTEED! Like all Micheal Morpugo books.

macie says:

well i read war horse the private peaceful and so i wanted to read more o his books so i got a collection and i read them all the the butterfly lion and i couldn't put it down i read so fast i read it again it has been my favorite book so far. i love the detail, i could imagine it in my head. had very sad and happy parts and thats what i like. i hop i can find more collections. you wont stop once you started.

Shauna says:

it was amazing so much detail and description it took me to another world i could really empathise with all the characters and it was really great i would rate it 10 out of 10

JoJo says:

I really enjoyed this book it was really inspiring. I liked the way the boy found and raised the lion cub. Michael Morpurgo is by for my favourite author.

olivia o conner says:

the butterfly lion is about a boy called Bertie and his white lion cub who was rescued by Bertie when he saw him out in savanhah while watching out in a tree .his mom died and the cub got away and they took care of him like he was a pet then Bertie had to go to boarding and they sold the white loin to the circus and the owner promised he could not harm him so that was the last time Bertie saw his lion cub.Bertie moved to England with his mother to live with a relative his mother soon died from malaria and Bertie was sent to boarding and while there met a girl.they talked every weekend but by the time Bertie was eighteen he joined the army Bertie stopped sending letters to the girl and but never forgotten by her .Bertie soon was sent to hospital from leg injury and was in a wheel chair .The girl finally finds Bertie and they go out to a french cafe and the see a sign with the white lion and they go on a search for the white lion and they find them in a run downed house and they go in and find the lion and the owner of the circus lying on the bed the lions ribs showing he was so skinny and they finally found each other. The owner says how his circus ran out of money and they had to eat all the other animals except how he never would have thought of killing the the white prince. Then Bertie ,the white prince ,the ring master /owner and the girl all go to the french cafe. the white price is treated to a big peace of meat and then they had thanked the ringmaster for not eating the lion and they return to England .Sadly a couple f years on the lion dies and is buried on the hill and to remember him Bertie and the girl make a chalk picture on the hill and they finished in just under two years .Bertie soon passes and is buried on the hill next to the white prince. the girl soon passes. the end

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