Favourite Cat Stories [electronic resource] : The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, Kaspar and The Butterfly Lion
Morpurgo, Michael2014
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Three beautiful tales for all feline-lovers told by the nation's favourite storyteller including wartime kittens and African lion cubs. 'The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips':In 1943, Lily Treganza was living in a sleepy seaside village, scarcely touched by the war. But all that was soon to change... 'Kaspar':Kaspar the cat first came to the Savoy Hotel in a basket – Johnny Trott knows, because he was the one who carried him in. Johnny was a bellboy, you see, and he carried all of Countess Kandinsky's things to her room, including this very special cat! 'The Butterfly Lion':When Bertie is a little boy, he rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus.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.
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Author:
Morpurgo, Michael, Author
Edition:
DGO
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children's Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity.
ISBN:
9780007592036
Language:
English
BRN:
2797003
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