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“A tale about another country and another time that resonates with the here and now… Once again, Morpurgo demonstrates his talent for stories of absolute clarity about big events”
Sunday Times
“A poignant tale, simply told, about the horror of the Spanish Civil War and the noble cruelty of bullfighting.”
Sunday Telegraph
“In Toro! Toro! Michael Morpurgo unpicks the problem of taking sides, of how enemies can be good, of guilty secrets kept for years… A compact, horrifying and compelling story”
The Times
“A beautifully, directly and convincingly told story: typical Morpurgo. Michael Foreman’s illustrations are exactly right and the whole is a very fine, thoroughly recommended, production.”
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Sunday Telegraph
"A poignant tale, simply told, about the horror of the Spanish Civil War and the noble cruelty of bullfighting."
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a good book,it was the story of a bull and a boy who hates bull fighting.I have read a lot of his books that my mum got me and this was a better one.Bull fighting is cruel.( I bought this book and others by same author to encourage my son who's 10 to think more about the world in general,its history and to challenge his reading skills,I believe it has done that)
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a book about the Spanish Civil War, a little boy called Antonito and a little black bull called Paco, that he adopts. It is all told from the point of view of Antonito when he is already a grandfather of a little boy also called Antonito, which is a nice touch. There are some brilliant descriptions of rural life in Spain during the war and bullfighting and the role it plays in Spanish culture. My son Oscar (aged 7) says that 'this is a really good book, but there is too much dying in it". He does have a point. We know that the Civil War was terrible, but it did seem sometimes as if people were dying unnecessarily for the sake of the story, particularly in the part where the villagers are escaping into the hills. Apart from that - it is brilliant!
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is about a boy named Antonito who's family lived on a farm in Spain at the time of the Civil War
Antonito helped deliver a black bull and they become firm friends. He names him Paco.
Antonito helped deliver a black bull and they become firm friends. He names him Paco.
He learns that his uncle is a bull fighter who tells him that Paco will one day be a fighting bull in the bullring, so the boy decides to set Paco free and run away. While setting his bull free, Antonito hears bombing in his village and returns home to find his family are all dead or missing. He then loses the bull as well.
Later he meets up with his sister, who'd missed the bombing as she had gone to look for Antonito.
He finds his uncle has become a fighter and a hero, and Antonito and his sister meet up with him.
He then learns that there is a legend of a black bull that chases away the baddies, and Antonito hopes that this is Paco.
The illustrations are perfect for the story. If I have one criticism it is that the book is too short, it took us only an hour to read.
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Exciting book for young readers
The incredibly prolific Morpurgo has done it again. He combines so many issues for the young reader to consider : the rights and wrongs of bull fighting as our protagonist... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Karen Vaughan
Toro! Toro!
I am writing a book review, the book is called Toro! Toro! It's made by Michael Morpurgo.
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Published 2 months ago by Pablo Onieva
Toro, Toro
Have a foster son of 8, who had only ever read one book in his life. He's read 8 books in three weeks but tells me that this book was his favourite. Read more
Published 4 months ago by clinkyclonk
Toro Toro
Excellent mix of love for the little bull combined with the destruction caused by war. I loved it as well as the children! Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mother of two
Toro Toro
Michael Morpurgo is a brilliant author. Yes this book is very good but there are plenty off better books by him. Read more
Published 15 months ago
Toro Toro
This is a extraordinary book set in the civil war about a young boy called Antonio. Antonio lives with his family on a farm in Spain. Read more
Published 20 months ago
Toro Toro
This is a extraordinary book set in the civil war about a young boy called Antonio. Antonio lives with his family on a farm in Spain. Read more
Published 20 months ago
Great Book!
I think Michael Morpurgo is a great writer. I have read two of his books and I have started the third one! Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2009
Another great book by Michael Morpurgo
Michael Morpurgo is the BEST children's author. He uses brilliant words which are beautifully descriptive. His books are sometimes sad but comforting, always in a different way. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2007 by Doniaa
Another brilliant book by Michael Morpurgo
I can tell you one true fact: Michael Morpurgo is a BRILLIANT author. He writes the books really well and they also have a great storyline and no boring parts or soppy parts. Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2007 by Darkmaster
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