Customer Reviews
THE BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ ***** - By: M. Withers, 13 Jun 2008 
Im 12 And I Read This Book When I Was 11 It Is Heart Warming And A Truely Moving Story, I Felt So Involved With The Story As If It Was Happening Infront Of Me, It Made Me Cry And 2 Parts, And I Advise EVERYBODY To Read It x
The Best Book Ever Made x
You won't be disappointed! - By: Dr Booklittle, 04 Jun 2008 The Butterfly Lion is a book about a boy, Bertie, who lives in Africa. It is a great read because it is well written, the words flow & make you feel that you are part of the story. Also, the descriptions are so good that you can picture in your head what Africa looks like!
The story is exciting & mysterious; it reallly starts after a couple of chapters when one day, at the waterhole somewhere in South Africa around 1904, Bertie sees a mummy lion with her cubs (one of the babies is white). When he goes home to he tells his parents that he has seen a white lion, they do not believe him because they do not know that they exist. Determined to prove that he did not lie, he goes back the next day & everyday after that, but without luck.
One day, his dad comes back & says "We've got her!" as he puts the body of the dead lioness down. Bertie realizes straightaway that it is the cubs' mother. He is devastated, thinking the cubs will die without her. But that night, he sees the white cub & that is where their friendship starts...
My favourite part is when Bertie is in the Army; he is at the battlefield alll alone in the middle of the enemy's gunfire & rescues two wounded soldiers for which he will get a medal. I thought it was dead exciting: I was scared that Bertie was going to die & I felt reallly tense & sweaty!
I also loved the characters: Bertie (the hero), Millie ( his friend who later on becomes his wife) & the boy who runs away from school (who I think is Michael Morpugo himself). They are alll are alll very captivating because of what happens to them & we share with them moments that are funny, exciting, scary & sometimes sad. I have a soft spot for Bertie because he is adventurous, brave & a very good man, & I wish I had a friendship as strong as his with the lion.
The book is also interesting because different people tell the story: at first it is the boy who I think is Michael Morpugo who explain why he is running away from school, then he meets the old lady & she becomes the narrator when she tells him Bertie's story. Both of them describe things with a lot of emotion & they make you feel happy & also very sad at times.
I would recommend this book to any child aged between 8 & 14 because it is a very exciting read: there is more than one story, & it keeps on bouncing from a moment in somebody's life to another, but most of alll, it moves you & that means it is a great book!
Review written by Sevaan G, aged 9
Georgia Humbert's book review - By: L. Thayer, 30 Apr 2008 The butterfly lion is one of the best books I have read & I couldn't stop reading it!
The story has a boy callled Bertie, & he rescued a white lion cub but his father is going to sell the lion. Bertie thinks the only thing he can do is set him back into the wild. Then Bertie is sent to Boarding School in England & he will have to leave his home in Africa. When Bertie grows up he has to go to war & got injured but saved two people by carrying them back to camp & wins the lifesaving badge. To unfold the magic & wonder read it or miss out!!! Written by Georgia Humbert - aged 8
Brilliant! - By: busy teacher, 04 Mar 2008 When I decided to use this book for guided reading I thought I'd better read it myself first (always a good idea!) & what a good job I did - I cried my eyes out. We were devastated when the cub was sold to the circus & thought that would be the end of it...how wrong we were.
A wonderful story enjoyed by a snivelling teacher & class 5.
b-b-b-b-b-b-brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - By: Mehajabeen Farid, 03 Mar 2008 Michael Morpurgo, my favourite author, wrote this touching book full of both tears of joy & of sorrow. It is full of laughter, grief & a few escapes from boring boarding school. Another good quality of this book is that it is like Michael Morpurgo is recounting this event but I don't think this actuallly happened, (but I wish it had).
This book is definitely one of my favourite books, one down from my alll time favourite, (which most probably will never be replaced), `Little Foxes'. It will enchant anyone, adult or child, who pick it up; they will be unable to put it down until the very end of this book, it certainly happened with me! I would rate it, as you can probably guess, 10/ 10 because Morpurgo you have once again fascinated me with one of your unique & clever tales.
