Lion's Lunch

Author: Fiona Tierney

Illustrator: Margaret Chamberlain

 

Lion's Lunch  is a cute book about the image that you put out to others. This little girl Sarah was casually walking through the forest when she came face to face with a big lion. The lion roars and asks what she is doing in his jungle. She says that she is just going on a walk. Lion tells Sarah that people don't walk in the jungle they "sprint, prowl, swoop, and scuttle". He starts telling the little girl that she cannot do any of that so she is going to be his lunch instead. Sarah quickly says that she can draw! She starts drawing all the animals in the forest for Lion. Lion then tells her to paint him to show how good she really is. After she is finish drawing Lion she shows him and his friends. In the picture, Lion is very grumpy and mean. Lion gets mad and tells Sarah that it is an awful picture. However, Lion's friends agree that the picture accurately depicts Lion. Lion feels sad that this is what he looks like to others. He tells Sarah to come back in a week and paint him again. When Sarah comes back, Lion has completely changed and she paints a beautiful picture of him.

This book not only had great illustrations but a good moral. The pictures Sarah drew reflected the animals' personality. Because Lion was so bitter and mean, he did not like his picture. Through this experience, Lion was able to change his attitude and become a likable creature in the jungle. This book will definitely be used in my classroom to show that our attitude reflects who we are.