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lissajean7's review
3.0
The pictures were nice, but the story was strange. It probably gets more of a 2.5 stars from me. I didn't like the habit of not finishing a sentence on a page, but making you turn the page to finish it. The little boy shows kindness to a lion and they meet later and reconnect as friends (and terrify others nearby). Like I said, strange.
crystal_reading's review
4.0
1939 Caldecott Honor
I loved seeing all of the details in the picture like his dog peeking around the bookshelf in the library and the headline in the newspaper that his dad was reading. Funny how Andy's parents are dressed up in a very fancy way, but he is barefoot and in overhauls.
I loved seeing all of the details in the picture like his dog peeking around the bookshelf in the library and the headline in the newspaper that his dad was reading. Funny how Andy's parents are dressed up in a very fancy way, but he is barefoot and in overhauls.
turrean's review
4.0
I love this book. It's a great retelling of the fable of Androcles and the Lion--already a good reason to read it--but it's also beautifully paced for a read-aloud, and is full of fresh, funny details, like Andy's convenient back-pocket pliers, and the way the characters tumble head-over-heels as the thorn is taken from the paw. The book was first published in 1938, but my first graders were charmed.
mjfmjfmjf's review
3.0
Simple but unlikely story of an escaped lion making friends with a boy. With okay writing and art. But nothing particularly amazing. 3.5 of 5.
snowbenton's review
1.0
The way the sentence fragments are cut between pages is choppy and distracting, and the story's white and orange pictures cause more squinting than appreciation.
daisycakesco's review
4.0
The first of my Caldecott Reading Challenge books! Won the Caldecott honor in 1939. Love the movement in the illustrations. And the story? Well, is it imagined, or did it really happen? Who knows... A retelling of the Aesops Fable.
sean67's review
4.0
I am working through a list of Caldecott award winning picture books and this is one of them.
I love the old style illustrations, it reminds me of the books we used to read when I was young, which were old even then.
This was published in 1938 - the year my mother was born and this year is 83 years old.
Andy would be an old coot now!!
It was a fun and entertaining read and it was a good old fashioned story.
I have only read 18 of the 311 books on that list so I could be working at it for a while!!!
I love the old style illustrations, it reminds me of the books we used to read when I was young, which were old even then.
This was published in 1938 - the year my mother was born and this year is 83 years old.
Andy would be an old coot now!!
It was a fun and entertaining read and it was a good old fashioned story.
I have only read 18 of the 311 books on that list so I could be working at it for a while!!!
agf523's review against another edition
4.0
Wow, this one really shows just how much children's pictures books and the Caldecott award has evolved through the years since this was a Caldecott Honor book. I definitely wouldn't consider the artwork worth writing home, now, but back in the day--this was a top-notch children's picture book! I didn't like the reference to hunting lions at the beginning of the story, but overall it was a good story that ended well (I guess grandparents still say crazy things, so it was still relatable). I also loved that it was a tribute to the lions outside of the NYC Library--very cool!
calistareads's review
3.0
An exciting story on the Mouse and the Lion from Aesop's Fables. The whole book is orange, black and white with extreme energy in the drawings. The drawings feel modern with all the action in them. This is a book from the 30s. For some reason James decided to split sentences on one page to the next as a cliff hanger. Yeah, I didn't like that. It was annoying.
My nephew did think this was a fun story. I can see why this one won the honor.
My nephew did think this was a fun story. I can see why this one won the honor.