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The Butterfly Lion
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- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Literature & Fiction
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Summary
A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. Bertie rescues an orphaned 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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- Dylan
- 29-11-16
fantastic book
This book has an amaxing story and doesnt take long to get into it. This is why i rated it a 5 star.
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- Isabella p.
- 16-09-19
amazing
love it could not stop listening read this for 6 years and never gets old I love that it's on adible mean I can listen to it everywhere.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-04-22
Awful narration
Terribly narrated in most unengaging way with little emphasis or expression which makes listening to the stories tedious. The stories themselves are ok but and good because suitable for both my 4 and 8 year old but they're really let down by the narration. Maybe good for getting kids to fall asleep!
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- robert m.
- 03-02-21
Wonderful
Wonderful book beautifully narrated. Loved it. Used to listen to this when I was younger many memories
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-12-20
Must read
I read this over 15 years ago- I had forgotten some of the plot - moving, sentimental in the most brilliant way, super storytelling, audio perfect for the characters. So glad I went down memory lane for this. Probably for older children but I enjoyed it so much.
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- Anne
- 12-12-20
Excellent
An amazing book as per my 8 year old daughter!! Full of personality and imagination.
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- lily
- 04-12-20
one of my favourite childhood books
me and my mum read this together when I was little. I still have my book but wanted to add it to my audible collection. incredible story for children or adults!
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- Elizabeth Fantom
- 22-10-20
BOOK YOU LIVE IN
I was absorbed utterly absorbed.A really good story ,read and see for yourself when you read.
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- Mr John ODonnell
- 09-05-20
You will listen to this over and over.
Intreguing storyline with a full range of emotions expressed throughout with beautiful language and imagery.
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- D Penney
- 18-11-19
Great 👍 book but I did not understand it that much but it's better than the last one I read.
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- Manoj Mathews
- 24-07-18
poor narrative
excellent story and settings but somehow narration seems too weak to excite the novel ideas.
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- Dub Shop
- 10-08-17
The Butterfly Lion
The Butterfly Lion is one of my favourite story's . It is a very uplifting story about a young boy named Bertie. Bertie saw a white lion but when he went to tell his family nobody believed him but he kept believing in himself. And throughout the entire story I felt like I was there because the book was so informative about every little thing this book is impeccable I would recommend it to any animal lover!!