| Toro! Toro! Contributor(s): Morpurgo, Michael (Author), Foreman, Michael (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0007107188 ISBN-13: 9780007107186 Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: Michael Morpurgo is the author of more than 60 children's books, including Waiting for Anya and Kensuke's Kingdom. Michael Foreman, whose books include the acclaimed War Boy, is a recipient of the Whitbread Award, the Writers' Guild Children's Book Award, and the Smarties Prize; he was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Mammals - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Europe - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 800 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.14" W x 7.7" (0.23 lbs) 127 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Catalog Heading - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary - Curriculum Strand - Hi Interest/Low Vocabulary |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Best-selling author Michael Morpurgo turns his storytelling skills to the drama and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War, illustrated by Michael Foreman. TORO, TORO is the story of a young boy growing up in Andalucia, Spain, on a farm rearing bulls for the bull ring. Antonito hand rears a little black calf and they become firm friends, but the boy doesn't yet understand the fate of the black bulls - the corrida and death. Later, when he learns of the horrors of the bull fight, he frees Paco, the black bull, and rides with him into the hills.There they witness the bombing of their village (it's the year 1936, and the Spanish Civil War has started) and Antonito cannot go back - his family and the farm are destroyed, and Paco has run off, wild with fright. He decides to stay in the hills, where he meets up with the Resistance fighters. During the War, Antonito hears stories round the campfire of the wonderful black bull, who becomes a symbol of freedom for them all. Could this really be Paco? But no-one has ever seen him. After the war, when Antonito is working as a muleteer in the mountains, he falls asleep and dreams of Paco. In the morning, he wakes to see hoof prints on the ground beside him... A delightful story, full of nostalgia and drama in the author's own inimitable style. Illustrated by Michael Foreman. |
Contributor Bio(s): Morpurgo, Michael: - Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain's best loved writers for children, with sales of over 35 million copies. He has written over 150 books, has served as Children's Laureate, and has won many prizes, including the Smarties Prize, the Writers Guild Award, the Whitbread Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Eleanor Farjeon Lifetime Achievement Award. With his wife, Clare, he is the co-founder of Farms for City Children. Michael was knighted in 2018 for services to literature and charity. |