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Advantages: magical, easy to read
Disadvantages: none

This is the touching story of a young boy called Bertie told by his widowed wife after his death to another young boy called Jack after he finds himself in her garden after running away from boarding school (the same school Bertie went to) Bertie grew up in Africa where met his "Butterfly lion" but had to leave him when he got sent to England to go to boarding school. I don't want to give too much of the story away but i think any children (or ...
...which would be easy as the print is large and there are only 127 pages which contain some non-coloured pictures(by Christian Birmingham), which help illustrate and capture the magic of the story wonderfully. I got made to read it for my Uni course, but i am so glad it was this book as its such a beautiful story and had me actually crying in parts! This is the first Michael Morpurgo book i have read, but i will certainly be reading a few others ... Read review

Advantages: Colourful, morality tale
Disadvantages: Only ten pages, pricey

...especially fulfilling to read at the end of the day just before my children get into bed. The book centres around a rainbow fish who is very proud of his colourful, bright, shiny scales. These are portrayed in metallic fashion and is as eye-catching as a series of scales on a fish can be. The rainbow fish is approached by a blue fish and is asked if he can have a couple of his scales as they are gorgeous and he, too, would look grand. Without even ...
...unhappy. After several declines, the rainbow fish finds himself without playing partners or friends and approaches the wise octopus for help. The octopus, naturally, asserts that it’s the rainbow fish’s selfishness in not sharing his scales that is leading to a lack of friends. Once again the blue fish returns and this time is granted a scale. Soon more and more fish approach the rainbow fish until he himself only has one scale, but many friends ... Read review