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Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
Five friends have a daily routine of riding their bikes and scooters to a special place in the woods where they set up camp and play together. One of the boys likes to collect things which he carefully places in a special treasure box. This box is full of interesting things from his home and from the woods, including a special toy, his little stuffed lion. Every morning the friends ride to this place and at the end of the day, they ride back.
A young boy in a lion costume tries to play with some children in the nearby playground, but they just call him names, laugh at him, and scare him away. The boy in the lion costume runs into the woods and takes the stuffed lion from the special treasure box. The boy who owns the treasure box notices the lion is missing and goes looking for it. What he finds is another friend, this one in a lion suit, and he takes his new friend to join the other friends. Now all the friends can play in their different costumes. And, at the end of the day, the six friends ride their bikes and scooters home from the woods.
Brianna Baker’s The Lion is a charming picture book story for young readers. Its colorful illustrations help move this simple story along. It’s a tale that teaches readers of all ages a valuable lesson about friendship and the power of being a friend and accepting someone, even if they wear a different costume like a lion suit. The map illustration at the beginning helps young readers learn basic map-reading skills as they follow the different locations on the map that are represented in the story. Young readers will also learn the power of simple fun in creative adventures that don’t include television and other high tech devices. This is a story about children being children. A great little book.
