Johnny Lion's Bad Day (I Can Read!) - Hardcover

Hurd, Edith Thacher

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060293357 ISBN 13: 9780060293352

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2001

Synopsis

Colorful illustrations and simple text depict a young lion cub's adventures while staying home with a bad cold and the terrible dreams he had thanks to the medicine he took for his cold. Simultaneous.

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Review:

"Johnny Lion had a bad, bad cold. Kerchew! Kerchew! Kerchew!" Relegated to his bed for the whole day, Johnny dozes on and off, awakened periodically by his mother and father to take some red medicine. But each time he takes the medicine, he has bad dreams about swoosh-swooshing owls with big round eyes and giant red rabbits tiptoeing towards Johnny to add him to a stew. It takes a comforting song, something delicious to eat for supper, and a nap in his parents' bed to finally do the trick, giving Johnny happy dreams and restoring him to good health.

There's nothing quite so uncomfortable--and yet comforting--about spending the day in bed with a cold. Johnny Lion's doting parents' firm yet loving caregiving is just what the doctor ordered. Young readers with a touch of the sniffles (or a "bad, bad cold") will recognize the not always unpleasant coziness of giving in to mom and dad's attentions, and look forward to the moment they can roar with health again!

Edith Thacher Hurd and Clement Hurd's magic is alive and well in the classic Johnny Lion books (Johnny Lion's Rubber Boots and Johnny Lion's Book). Clement Hurd is the beloved illustrator of Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author:

Edith Thacher Hurd was born in Kansas City, Missouri. She wrote more than seventy-five children's books, including Starfish, I Dance in My Red Pajamas and the Johnny Lion books, many of which were illustrated by her husband, Clement Hurd.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060293357
• ISBN 13: 9780060293352
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 64
• Illustrator: Hurd Clement