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Tom's Sausage Lion

Suitable for 6 – 9 years

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No-one believes Tom when he says he has seen a lion strolling through the orchard with a string of sausages dangling from its mouth. No-one, that is, except Clare, the cleverest girl in Tom’s class. Why does Clare believe him? Because she knows something about Tom’s story that no-one else does… Ending with an unforgettable image of the lion drinking milk in the police station, this is a truly magical story of a wild animal colliding with the modern human world. It is perfect for sharing together and reading in instalments.

Product Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780440864189

Publisher

Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)

Date published

August 5th, 1999

Accelerated Reader

AR book level: 4.0; Middle years; 2.0 points

Other details

  • 96 pages

Condition

New

UK edition

Author/Illustrator

Michael Morpurgo

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Michael Morpurgo is a master storyteller, weaving captivating stories full of drama and intensity that are coming to be regarded as true classics. Exploring the most profound subjects with a light yet powerful touch, his books tell unforgettable stories in simple, direct words.

Michael Morpurgo discovered his talent for writing while working as a teacher. “We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading. I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of story I used to tell my kids – it was like a soap opera, and they focused on it. I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised there was magic in it for me.”

Living in Devon, listening to Mozart, and working with children have provided most of the stimulae Michael needs to discover and write his stories. He spends about half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up and writing stories. “For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out – the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers.”

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  1. JCK
    on 1 November 2017

    The author is very imaginative to make a wild lion friendly, also to make the police not believe Tom’s story because they usually believe people’s stories. We liked it when Tom and Claire tried to take a photo of the lion using meat as bait. It was very exciting when Tom woke with the lion’s paws on him. We also liked when they brought the lion to the school because all the pupils and teachers were scared, especially the bully Barry Parsons. Five stars because the book was adventurous, imaginative, exciting.

    5 out of 5

  2. Leahka99
    on 8 March 2014

    This is a cool book I love it If u haven’t read it u should its a classic I live it I would recommend it 7-13 it’s wonderfully cool it’s a nice descriptive book My fav part is when his dad dose not believe him if u haven’t read it please start reading its a sad and wonderfull book

  3. Livvylongstocks
    on 14 May 2013

    WOW

    5 out of 5

  4. Bookdudette
    on 1 May 2013

    it is like the boy who cryed wolf be cause he did see the loin

  5. imi264
    on 16 July 2012

    Tom’s Sausage Lion was really good because it was exciting, adventurous and funny!

    5 out of 5

  6. dashernasher
    on 7 March 2012

    an amazing story.I really liked it.Really FUNNY to!!!!

  7. smileitsfriday
    on 4 March 2012

    The title of this book was the thing that caught my attention. The sausage lion. I find the word ‘sausage’ really funny (weird, i know) and i love lions (hence the avatar!) * * * * *!