The Lion Who Wanted To Love

Author: Giles Andreae

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  • : $14.99 AUD
  • : 9781408352502
  • : Hachette Children's Group
  • : Orchard Books
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  • : 0.408
  • : June 2017
  • : 172mm X 172mm X 23mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : May 2017
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  • : Giles Andreae
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  • : Board Book
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  • : David Wojtowycz
  • : English
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Barcode 9781408352502
9781408352502

Description

A colourful, rhyming board book story with a positive message about being kind to others and staying true to yourself.Now lions are usually fierce, And lions are meant to be strong, But Leo just wanted to love everybody, And play with his friends all day long ...Leo isn't like other lion cubs. Instead of chasing zebras and antelopes, he wants to make friends and hug them. But can a lion who's so different ever fit in with the rest of the pride?A feel-good story from the author of international bestseller, Giraffes Can't Dance.

Awards

Winner of Red House Children's Book Award 1998 (UK).

Author description

Giles Andreae (Author) Giles Andreae is the author of many top selling award-winning picture books. For Orchard, these include Rumble in the Jungle, Commotion in the Ocean, and I Love My Mummy. However, it is for the international bestseller Giraffes Can't Dance that he is best known. Giles is also the creator of Purple Ronnie, Britain's favourite stickman, and of the artist/philosopher, Edward Monkton. These two ranges of greetings cards, books and merchandise have made Giles the country's top selling living poet and an icon of contemporary popular culture. Giles lives with his wife, Victoria, a children's clothes designer, and their four young children by the river in Oxfordshire.David Wojtowycz (Illustrator) David Wojtowycz is a bestselling, award-winning author and artist. He studied at Goldsmiths College in London, graduating with a degree in Fine Art. In 1996 David illustrated his first book for children, Rumble in the Jungle, which went on to become an international bestseller. David has gone on to create many more hugely successful children's books, including The Lion Who Wanted to Love, winner of the Red House Book Award, and the bestselling Mad About Minibeasts. David lives in Berlin.