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All Martin wants to do is climb to the top of the jungle ladder and unleash a giant Roar! But his mother insists it’s much too dangerous up that high. So one evening, after good-night hugs and kisses, Martin ventures out to the playground alone. There he encounters a giant lion family—mother, father, and cub—who are collecting rain for breakfast.
In a dreamlike landscape rendered in vibrant, lush pastels, Martin and his new lion-cub pal explore the sandbox and triumphantly scale the once-forbidden ladder. Roaring with delight, they look out at the world from a new perspective. With lyrical prose and gentle humor, Martin and the Giant Lions celebrates a child’s triumphant foray into the unknown.
In a dreamlike landscape rendered in vibrant, lush pastels, Martin and his new lion-cub pal explore the sandbox and triumphantly scale the once-forbidden ladder. Roaring with delight, they look out at the world from a new perspective. With lyrical prose and gentle humor, Martin and the Giant Lions celebrates a child’s triumphant foray into the unknown.
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About the Author:
Caron Lee Cohen, a former teacher of visually impaired children, is the author of several picture books, including Happy to You! She lives in New York City.
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Elizabeth Sayles is a freelance illustrator and designer. Among her popular books for Clarion are Millions of Snowflakes by Mary McKenna Siddals and Five Little Kittens by Nancy Jewell. She lives in Valley Cottage, New York, with her husband and daughter.
PreSchool-Grade 1-The large and sometimes scary unknown of a park playground is the setting for a dream fantasy about a family of gentle lions that live among the climbing platforms and slides. When evening comes and Martin's protective mother won't let him climb all the way to the top of the "giant jungle ladder," he dreams of visiting the playground by himself in the night. There he climbs with the lion cub that gathers a bit of cloud in the boy's sand bucket, and they roar together across the bridges. Sayles's full-page pastel illustrations are suffused with muted pink and orange, giving Martin's dream landscape a cozy feeling. The lions, cartoonlike and unthreatening, speak in dreamy poetry ("'What's for breakfast?' asked giant lion cub. 'Unfallen rain,' said giant lion dad"). This book lacks the power and intuitive punch of Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are (HarperCollins, 1988), but may resonate with children who long to try out their wild sides.
Kathie Meizner, Montgomery County Public Libraries, Chevy Chase, MD
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Kathie Meizner, Montgomery County Public Libraries, Chevy Chase, MD
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherClarion Books
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0618049088
- ISBN 13 9780618049080
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorSayles Elizabeth
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