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The butterfly lion

Morpurgo, Michael2001
Books, Manuscripts
This is a moving story of a young boy who rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African bush. Inseparable until Bertie has to go to boarding school and the lion is sold to a circus, the boy swears that one day they will see one another again.
Main title:
The butterfly lion / Michael Morpurgo ; illustrated by Christian Birmingham.
Imprint:
London : HarperCollins Children's, 1996.
Collation:
124 pages. : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9780006751038 (pbk)9780007874781 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914JFAuthor BoxReading RingsJFJF/MOR141495.14)
Local class:
FIC.JJFFF/RGT-EF/ARTFYAJF(4.6)QJSJto readJF/MORJF/Animal StoriesMORJCJF MOR 11JF MOR
Language:
English
Index terms:
Literary Circles
BRN:
75105
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