by Michael Morpurgo · Editorial Everest · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788424132767
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«El león mariposa» is a children's story by Michael Morpurgo, published by Editorial Everest in paperback (96 pages, in Spanish).
On an African farm, young Bertie disobeys the order not to cross the fence to save a white lion cub from hyenas. Bertie and the cub become inseparable, but soon they are separated: the boy is sent to a boarding school in England and the lion is sold to a circus.
It belongs to the Leer es vivir collection, in its 8th edition, with illustrations by Christian Birmingham and translation by Pilar García-Romeu.
Story recommended for children aged 10 to 12, especially for those who enjoy stories of friendship between people and animals.
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.
