The Classic Morpurgo Collection
Six best-loved novels by award-winning author of ‘War Horse’, brought together in this ebook collection.A perfect introduction to Michael Morpurgo’s enthralling storytelling for new readers and a classic collection for fans.‘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!‘Born to Run’:When Patrick saves a litter of greyhound puppies from the canal, he convinces his parents to let him keep one. Patrick names his puppy Best Mate, and that’s what he becomes…Until one day Best Mate is kidnapped by a greyhound trainer. The trainer’s step-daughter loves the greyhound and renames him Bright Eyes. But what will happen when he can’t run any more?‘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.‘Alone on a wide, wide sea’:When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse was shipped to Australia after WWII he lost his sister, his country and everything he knew.Now he has built a special boat for his daughter Allie – a yacht designed to carry her to England, in search of his long-lost sister…‘Running Wild’:For Will and his mother, going to Indonesia isn't just a holiday. It's an escape, a new start, a chance to put things behind them.Until Oona, the elephant Will is riding on the beach, begins acting strangely, shying away from the sea. That's when the tsunami comes crashing in, and Oona begins to run.But when the tsunami is gone, Oona just keeps on running.‘Farm Boy’:The fascinating sequel to ‘War Horse’. Set on a farm in rural Devon, this is the story of Grandpa’s memories. Family secrets come to light as Michael’s wonderful writing depicts the moving relationship between grandfather and grandson.
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The Butterfly Lion
Text copyright © Michael Morpurgo 1996 Illustrations copyright© Christian Birmingham 1996
Jacket photographs; © Martin Harvey; Gallo Images/CORBIS (lion cub); Royalty-Free/CORBIS (savanna) Jacket design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
The Butterfly Lion - 978-0-00-731735-6
EPub Edition © April 2010 ISBN: 9780007380626
Kaspar - Prince of Cats
Text © Michael Morpurgo 2008
Jacket photographs © Masterfile (cat); Shutterstock (sea and sky).
Jacket design © HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Kaspar - The Prince of Cats - 978-0-00-726700-2
Ebook Edition © MAY 2010 ISBN: 9780007385935
Born to Run
Text copyright © Michael Morpurgo 2007
Illustrations © Michael Foreman 2007
Jacket photographs: Dog by kind courtesy of the Retired Greyhound Trust; Background © Jonathan Gale/Getty Images
Jacket design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
Born to Run - 978-0-00-723059-4
Ebook Edition © 2007 ISBN: 9780007369997
Running Wild
Text copyright © Michael Morpurgo 2009
Illustrations © Sarah Young 2009
Jacket photographs © PhotoAlto/Alamy (boy); Michael Llewellyn/Getty Images (Indian elephant); Gary Vestal/Getty Images (tiger); Michael Nichols/Getty Images (monkeys); JH Pete Carmichael/Getty Images (snake).
All other images © Shutterstock
Jacket design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
Running Wild - 978-0-00-726701-9
Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2012 ISBN: 9780007380664
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea
Copyright © Michael Morpurgo 2006
Jacket photographs © by kind permission of the author (boy); Ralph A. Clevenger/Corbis (porthole); Patrick Robert/Sygma/Corbis (rivet texture); Kevin Scafer/Getty Images (albatross); Altrendo Images/Getty Images (splash); The Mariners' Museum/Corbis (ship); William Vandivert/Getty Images (waves).
Jacket design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
Alone on a Wide Wide Sea - 978-0-00-723058-7
Ebook Edition © 2006 ISBN: 9780007369980
Farm Boy
Text copyright © Michael Morpurgo 1997.
Illustrations copyright © Michael Foreman 1997
Jacket photographs © Shutterstock.com (horse); istockphoto.com (sky); Museum of Rural Life, Unversity of Reading (plough horses); Hulton Archive/Getty Images (soldiers).
Jacket design © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
Farm Boy - 978-0-00-745065-7
Ebook Edition © JANUARY 2012 ISBN: 9780007479627
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Contents
About the Publisher
For Virginia McKenna
The Butterfly Lion grew from several magical roots: the memories of a small boy who tried to run away from school a long time ago; a book about a pride of white lions discovered by Chris McBride; a chance meeting in a lift with Virginia McKenna, actress and champion of lions and all creatures born free; a true story of a soldier of the First World War who rescued some circus animals in France from certain death; and the sighting from a train of a white horse carved out on a chalky hillside near Westbury in Wiltshire.
To Chris McBride, to Virginia McKenna and to Gina Pollinger â many, many thanks. And to you the reader â enjoy it!
MICHAEL MORPURGO
February 1996
Butterflies live only short lives. They flower and flutter for just a few glorious weeks, and then they die. To see them, you have to be in the right place at the right time. And thatâs how it was when I saw the butterfly lion â I happened to be in just the right place, at just the right time. I didnât dream him. I didnât dream any of it. I saw him, blue and shimmering in the sun, one afternoon in June when I was young. A long time ago. But I donât forget. I mustnât forget. I promised them I wouldnât.
I was ten, and away at boarding school in deepest Wiltshire. I was far from home and I didnât want to be. It was a diet of Latin and stew and rugby and detentions and cross-country runs and chilblains and marks and squeaky beds and semolina pudding. And then there was Basher Beaumont who terrorised and tormented me, so that I lived every waking moment of my life in dread of him. I had often thought of running away, but only once ever plucked up the courage to do it.
