We're Going on a Lion Hunt

by David Axtell, David Axtell (Illustrator)

Overview

This charming version of a well-known chant takes place on the African savanna

In this beautifully illustrated rendition of a well-known children's chant, two sisters are looking not for a bear but for a lion—a lion that lives on the African savanna, where the girls go through swishy-swashy long grass, a splishy-splashy lake, and a Big Dark Cave. When they finally meet their lion, they have to run, run, run through it all again to get back home.

Young readers will enjoy the playful language and beautiful paintings that reset a familiar story in a far-off part of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805082197
Publisher:	Square Fish
Publication date:	04/03/2007
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	301,211
Product dimensions:	8.49(w) x 10.66(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	2 - 6 Years

About the Author

David Axtell is a freelance artist who works with oil on canvas board. His first book for children was Fruits: A Caribbean Counting Poem. David was born in Oxford, England and currently resides in Cornwall.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-Axtell takes a storytime classic to the African savanna, where loving sisters enjoy a day's adventure. With fruit, juice, and teddy bear in hand, they travel through towering green grasses under the watchful eye of a giraffe, swim through a dappled blue lake with zebras and a flamingo, and pull each other through a squishy swamp unbeknownst to a hippopotamus. They wake the lion sleeping in his cave, and as he follows them, they arrive home and shut the door safely. The adventure has neither dampened their spirits nor muddied their white anklets. Axtell's sun-soaked, impressionistic oil paintings offer beautiful landscapes and engaging details, from wild animals who linger at a safe distance, to a dropped teddy that is retrieved just in time. Large figures on the page make this a good choice for storytimes as well as lap times. Like Michael Rosen's We're Going on a Bear Hunt (McElderry, 1989), this lovely picture book will delight preschoolers.-Laura Scott, Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, MI Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.|

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