The Lion Who Wanted to Love [Hardcover]

Giles Andreae (Author), David Wojtowycz (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1998

"Deep in the African heartland/Way out on the hot sunny plains,/there lived a small lion who didn't fit in/And Leo was this lion's name."

The problem with Leo was that he wanted to love everybody - even the animals he was supposed to hunt and eat. So one day his mother banished him from the pride and little Leo was left to fend for himself. How could he survive without hunting? Leo knew he couldn't kill anyone, so he helped them instead. And then the day came when Leo himself needed help - and he found he had made lots of friends who were only too pleased to come to his rescue.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Giles Andreae is the author of some of Orchard's best selling picture books. The Lion Who Wanted to Love won the Children's Book Award. Giles's book Giraffes Can't Dance was Sheffield Children's Book of the Year - Commended, Commotion in the Ocean was shortlisted for the Nottinghamshire Children's Book Award. David Wojtowycz has teamed up with Giles time and time again, always with enormous success. David is also known internationally for his greetings cards. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Little Tiger Pr; 1 edition (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1888444258
• ISBN-13: 978-1888444254
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,445,106 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Giles Andreae is the award-winning and bestselling author of Rumble in the Jungle, The Lion Who Wanted to Love and keep Love in Your Heart, Little One. Giles is also the creator and voice behind Purple Ronnie. He lives in London.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Daring to be different and ending up the leader of the pride, September 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Lion Who Wanted to Love (Hardcover)

Fantastic book for 2-5 year olds. Great rythm and vocabulary. The artwork is well suited for children. Still one of my favorite books for bedtime.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Demonstrates helping, cooperation and teamwork, March 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Lion Who Wanted to Love (Hardcover)

My five year old as well as the other five girls in her Daisy Troop loved this book. I found it fun and easy to read aloud and used it to discuss love,cooperation,teamwork and helping.

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet story, November 9, 2011

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This review is from: Lion Who Wanted to Love (Book & CD) (Paperback)

This is a really sweet book. Leo doesn't want to hunt his prey, he wants to be their friends. As he is outcast from his pride, he stays true to his inner self. He makes many friends along the way! This book really encourages not always going with the flow and being a true friend and peace maker. His pride comes around to seeing that he truly is a king. Great little story for instilling sweet values and confidence in young ones.