The story was inspired by a number of different things – Michael’s boyhood memories, the experiences of Chris McBride with the lions of Timbavati, a meeting Michael had with the actress Viginia McKenna – a great supporter of lions and their welfare, the true story of a World War 1 soldier who saved some circus animals in France, and the glimpse from a train window of the chalk white horse near Westbury.Kaspar – Prince of Cats, Tom’s Sausage Lion, Mossop’s Last Chance, Adolphus Tips and The Nine Lives of Montezuma are also about cats. The Butterfly Lion is not the only one of Michael Morpurgo’s books to feature a cat.When Michael Morpurgo was asked to name his favourite of the books he’s written, he named The Butterfly Lion (along with Kensuke’s Kingdom, War Horse and Private Peaceful).ISBN: 9780008459864 Recommended for children aged: 7+ First published: Hardback November 2021. Published by: Harper Collins Children’s Books. Genre: illustrated gift edition fiction chapter book. Children’s author: Michael Morpurgo Children’s illustrator: Christian Birmingham.
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