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Tom's Sausage Lion

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Tom's Sausage Lion by Michael Morpurgo, M.B.E.

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By Michael Morpurgo, M.B.E.

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‘But it’s true’, Tom shouted. ‘It was a real lion, I know it was’. No-one believes Tom when he says he has seen a lion – padding around the orchard with a string of sausages in its mouth! No-one, that is, except for Clare, the cleverest girl in the class. Together, she and Tom plan to prove his story is true – by catching the lion!

Reviews

06 Sep 2023

MairiG

I decided to read some animal-themed books for a child at school and picked this up by chance. I have to say that this is the first Michael Morpurgo book that I’ve read and actually liked and enjoyed. Liked the characters of Tom and Clare best and loved the scene where they walked down the Main Street. Think I might read it during Library time 📚

02 Aug 2023

I really liked the ending.
I would recommend this book to Children aged 6+.

01 Aug 2023

I loved it because the lion is friendly.

25 Jul 2022

Another incredible Morpurgo title and one that is easily accessible to younger audiences and doesn’t reference war which I have many younger kids shying away from where I work.

I love the way the family dynamic is brought to life and the way he gets you to feel so attached to Tom as a character.
Great humour too.

A really great introduction to Morpurgo titles

07 Feb 2022

It was a funny book. The lion eats Tom's lion and nobody trust poor Tom. Fun to read. I recommended this book to everyone.

27 Jul 2021

This book is quite short but very extraordinary and creative. It is about a boy named Tom. He has found a lion but no one believes him. Until one day he managed to get hold of the friendly old pussy-cat and show everyone he wasn't lying. I recommend this to people who like animals and are starting to read books nearer to 100 pages (this book has 76 pages).

14 Jul 2021

I thought it was great and very funny. Also it was quite good to read.

This book was fiction and my favourite character was Sam.

23 Sep 2020

I liked it because it was about animals.and I love animals.

22 Aug 2020

Like it

18 Aug 2020

It was quite interesting and I enjoyed the story.

06 Aug 2020

Fantastic story! I really like Michael Morpurgo as a writer and this book was just as good as others I have read.

05 Aug 2020

I really enjoyed reading this book and read it in just two nights !
I loved reading about how no one wold believe that Tom had seen and found a lion. It was really nice how he looked after the lion and how everyone had to believe him in the end.

04 Aug 2020

This was a good book. I really like the author Michael Morpurgo. It was about a boy who lived on a farm. He went searching for some firewood and saw a lion but no none believed him when he told them he saw one. The book is called the sausage lion because the lion ate some sausages. My favourite character was Tom who was the main character.
I would recommend this book.

29 Jul 2020

I would recommend this book to you because it has an investigation to solve and if you like books with investigations in it you will like this one.

14 Jul 2020

I liked Clare the best because she was smart

26 Aug 2017

It had lots of description. I am glad Tom was proved right in the end.

24 Aug 2017

A boy called Tom finds a lion in his garden but when he tells his parents they don't believe him so Tom proves that he saw a lion by going missing from his parents and making them worried then Tom goes to the police station with the lion and his friend Clare an hour later Toms parents arrive he proves he saw the lion because his parents saw the lion at the police station

17 Aug 2017

I have really enjoyed reading this amazing book

11 Aug 2017

They should read this book because it is really intrest and who is intrested in lion they would really like it.

28 Jul 2017

I am cry a double after I read this book

26 Jul 2017

Because it's fantastic

14 Jul 2017

It's a good book but I wasn't very engaged by it.

05 Apr 2017

A nice story!

01 Aug 2015

It is fun and weird because there is a friendly lion.

01 Aug 2014

very entertaining

21 Jul 2014

This book is unpredictable.....and surprising!
I think it's a really good read with a happy ending.

06 Jul 2014

It helps you to believe other people.

24 Jun 2014

I really enjoyed this book. I think Michael Morpurgo is a great writer :)

24 Jun 2014

Once you start to read you will feel that you should carry on reading to find the real sausage lion.

24 Jun 2014

You'll understand how Tom was trying to tell others about his imagination of his "real" lion.

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