The Little Lion That Listened

Do you choose a book by its cover? I do, many times. And this is one such occasion. What a treat to the eyes this cover is! Those huge brown eyes peeking from behind the leaves, the vivid contrasting amalgamation of reds and yellows and teal… Does the content of the book match up to the cover? It sur......more

4.5 Stars Let me start by saying that I loveee the illustrations! These are different from what I’ve read before. You might have guessed it from the cover. The lions are in blocks and angles (I’m sure there a term for that). I wondered how the book would be with such unique illustrations, but this on......more

It was brought to my attention by a production assistant working for New Classics Books that authors often take the opportunity to leave a review on their own stories to share a little bit about the inspiration behind the book. Most importantly, this book is dedicated to my daughter who has a disabil......more

I absolutely ADORE the illustrations in this book. So different and unbelievably cute! I'm a sucker for lions anyway, but honestly, so cute. I think the story was strong enough, although I didn't like the part where the Dad lion yelled at Leo just for "not being like everyone else". I think (I hope!......more

Quite a commendable little title – this seems to be a small house doing some things right in the way of young readers. Little Leo's siblings in this particular lion family love to roar, but he doesn't – he's too busy listening. But that means he hears the nasty human hunters, the nasty hyena hunters......more