Roar!

by Julie Bayless

Overview

A moonlit tale of friendship and play.

It is nighttime in the savanna, which means that it is time to play for one rambunctious lion cub! The cub tries to make new friends with the hippos and the giraffes, but roaring at them only chases them away. The young lion is about to give up, but when a rabbit accidentally mistakes the cub's tail for a carrot, the lion realizes she might have met her match, in all the right ways.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762460304
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	10/13/2015
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	18 MB
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Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Julie Bayless is an author, illustrator, and animator with degrees in both Creative Writing and Animation/Illustration. Roar! is her debut picture book.

Editorial Reviews

"A fresh and funny friendship tale."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2015-07-15
When the sun goes down on the savanna, the lion cub wants to play. Why doesn't anybody else? Mama lion is stretched out on a tree branch, as lifeless as a rug. Her cub's scratches and roars can't wake her. A couple of male lions stay stubbornly asleep as well. Time to roam. When the cub roars at the hippo, it burps in response. But a second, bigger roar sends the hippo and its whole family fleeing. The cub next tries a herd of giraffes, all erect but sleeping, their necks poking up through the leaves of a broad tree. When the cub roars, they also flee, in a flurry of "Eeek!"s (in myriad typefaces). The disappointed cub lies down on the ground, tail unthinkingly drooped down a hole that happens to be home to a family of rabbits. To one restless gray rabbit, the tail looks just like a carrot: "CHOMP!" Understandably, the cub lets out an enormous "ROAR!" followed by an even bigger "MORE!!" from the delighted rabbit. And the two new friends romp for hours...and pages. Bayless tells her story in the pictures, mostly double-page spreads with a few graphic-style panels; the only text—mostly "roar"s and "more"s—appears in sound bubbles. Her digitally colored pencil illustrations have an appealing crispness; the slightly stylized figures stand out evocatively against their deep blue, nocturnal backgrounds. A fresh and funny friendship tale. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews