The Lion Children - Softcover

Angus McNeice; Maisie McNeice; Travers McNeice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1842552201 ISBN 13: 9781842552209

Publisher: Orion Childrens, 2002

Synopsis

The five McNeice children lived a conventional life in the Cotstwolds until, in l995, their mother Kate, a biologist, seized the opportunity to go and study lions in Botswana.

Travers, Emily and Angus, the three middle children, take it in turns to recount their adventures in the Okavango Delta, one of the most beautiful wildernesses on earth, where they must quickly learn to fetch water, dig their own toilet, and discover which creepy-crawlies can kill them. In a Land Rover sometimes driven by 12-year-old Travers, they track prides of lions across hundreds of miles of bush. Their classroom an open hut, they take scientific notes and record their observations of the wild life around them - zebra, giraffe, elephant, impala and much more.

Written with a wonderful vividness and immediacy, this is a fascinating book for all animal-lovers, enhanced by colour photographs.

About this title

About the Author:

The children’s father is Ian McNeice the TV and film actor. He has appeared in major Hollywood films including Ace Ventura, When Nature Calls, A life Less Ordinary and Funny Bones and many TV series including Longitude, Dune, David Copperfield and Hornblower. Their mother Kate is an ex-actress who is now one of the world’s leading researchers in lion behaviour. The children’s Father is Ian McNeice the TV and film actor. He has appeared in major Hollywood films including Ace Ventural When Nature Calls, A life Less Ordinary and Funny Bones and many TV series including Londitude, Dune, David Copperfeild and Hornblower. Their mother Kate is an ex actress who is now one of the world’s leading researchers in lion behaviour.

Review:

"A fascinating read, the book, also contains a marvellous set of colour photographs of the family and some of the lions they met." Animal Antics "a different and delightful take on living in Africa." Traveller Magazine, 1 April 2003

About this edition

• Publisher: Orion Childrens
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1842552201
• ISBN 13: 9781842552209
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256