by Michael Morpurgo · HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007107186
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«Toro! Toro!» is the children's historical novel by Michael Morpurgo, published by HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks in paperback (128 pages, in English).
In 1930s Andalusia, Antonito raises Paco, a black calf from his family's herd. Discovering the fate of bulls in the ring, he frees him and flees with him to the hills. There they witness the bombings of the Spanish Civil War; Antonito joins the resistance, where stories are told of a black bull as a symbol of freedom.
Edition published in 2007, with illustrations by Michael Foreman. Recommended reading age: 9 to 11 years.
For young readers aged 9 to 11: an introduction to the Spanish Civil War through the friendship between a boy and his bull.
Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War. Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTrust, a children's reading charity.
