Lazy Lion Explained

Lazy Lion is an African animal story, written by Mwenye Hadithi and illustrated by Adrienne Kennaway,[1] about a lion who wanted a house to keep him dry from the big rain that was coming.[2] It was published in November 1990, by Little, Brown.[3]

Plot

Lazy Lion orders the other animals to build him a house.[4] They do their best, and the lion inspect each one of them, but the houses built are only suitable for their own builders. Refusing to build his own house, the lion has to learn to live in the open, sun or rain.

Reception

Kirkus Reviews called it a "entertaining, brilliantly illustrated 'why' story".

Notes and References

  1. Book: Allington, Richard L. . Teacher's Guide to Celebrate Reading . C-154 . 1993 . . 978-0-673-80112-8 .
  2. News: Children's Books: Bookshelf . . 24 February 1991 . 31 December 2009 .
  3. News: Lazy Lion . Kirkus Reviews . 22 . 15 November 2000.
  4. Book: Literature Works: an integrated approach to reading and language arts. Home Connections, Volume 1 . 49 . 1996 . Silver Burdett Ginn . 978-0-663-59198-5 .