Here’s some teaching suggestions based on this novel:ĭiscuss the cover and predict what the story will be about. It is a lovely story and ties in wonderfully with the theme of Africa, which I will be doing after Easter. The story continues to tell of the boy’s time spent in the war etc until he is eventually reunited with the lion. He had a pet lion and was separated from his beloved pet when he had to go to school in England the the lion was sold to a circus owner from France. It is based on a young boy who was raised in South Africa until the age of eight. We read Kensuke’s Kingdom prior to this and it was more geared towards fourth class level, whereas The Butterfly Lion is more for third. To Chris McBride, Virigina McKenna and Gina Pollinger – many many thanks.This is the latest Morpurgo novel I am reading with my third and fourth class and we are enjoying it. Butterfly Lion is a heart warming story of loneliness and finding companionship. The Butterfly Lion grew from several magical roots: The memories of a small boy who tried to run away from school a long time ago a book about a pride of white lions discovered by Chris McBride a chance meeting in a lift with Virginia McKenna, actress and champion of lions and all creatures born free a true story of a soldier of the First World War who rescued some circus animals in France from certain death and the sighting from a train of a white horse carved out on a chalky hillside near Westbury in Wiltshire. It can also interest the reader into geography and travel as the story line drifts between the plains of South Africa, to England, and then on to war torn France. Read and Respond Teachers guide available The Butterfly Lion can be deemed as cross curricular as it deals with historical issues through Bertie's experience in World War I. 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. Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. All my life I’ll think of you, I promise I will. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. I won’t ever forget you.’ Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. ‘All my life I’ll think you you, I promise I will. Viking Childrens Books, 14.99 (96pp) ISBN 978-1-3 Winner of a Smarties Gold Medal, Morpurgos (The Wreck of the Zanzibar) cozy, well-executed.

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A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo Childrens Books ISBN: 0007380623 Global Overview for this book.

The butterfly and the lion