Caring for Your Lion - Hardcover

Sauer, Tammi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1454916095 ISBN 13: 9781454916093

Publisher: Union Square Kids, 2017

Synopsis

What happens when you expect an itty-bitty kitty . . . but get a lion instead?
It’s kitten delivery day, but—SURPRISE. Congratulations on your new LION! We know you ordered a kitten, but we ran out of those. Fortunately, the big cat comes with instructions—like, try very hard NOT to look like a zebra. Or a gazelle. And give your lion PLENTY of space to play. But soon the feathers and fur start flying and everything’s in chaos. Is there any way a lion could actually be a child’s purr-fect pet?  
 

About this title

About the Author:

Tammi Sauer is the author of Sterling Publishing’s Chicken Dance, Bawk and Roll, Cowboy Camp, Mary Had a Little Glam, Your Alien Returns, and Your Alien, which has earned starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Kirkus. She is an active blogger (tammisauer.com) and highly involved in the children's writer community, in addition to being a great promoter of her own books. Tammi has worked as a teacher and library media specialist and now lives in OK with her husband and their two children. Her local indie bookstore, Best of Books, in Edmond, OK, has named July 9 Tammi Sauer Day. Follow her on Twitter at @SauerTammi.
 
Troy Cummings runs his own design studio, and his clients have included Time for Kids, New York Daily News, Pearson/Scott Foresman, Random House, and the Cartoon Network. He has written and/or illustrated several children's books, including The Notebook of Doom series (Scholastic), Giddy-Up, Daddy! (Random House), and The Twelve Days of Christmas in Indiana (Sterling). Troy lives in Greencastle, IN, with his wife and their children. Visit him online at troyCummings.net.

Review:

"Sauer's terse text, presented as the steps in the care manual for the lion, are tongue-in-cheek smile-inducing, as are accompanying black-and-white diagrams from the manual. However, their interaction with Cummings' full-color, digitally created illustrations of a light-brown-skinned child and the full-grown male lion that was delivered instead of a kitten are laugh-out-loud fun. Allow plenty of time to giggle over the details.” —Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Union Square Kids
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1454916095
• ISBN 13: 9781454916093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Cummings Troy