Time of the Lion
A Cultural, Africa, Picture Books book. In this tale set in Africa, a boy, Joseph, befriends a lion,...
At night while his village sleeps, Joseph hears a lion's roar across the African savanna. "Can I meet the lion?" Joseph asks. "No", says his father. "It's not time". But the next day, the lion suddenly charges at Joseph, and a special friendship begins. Every day at noontime. Joseph visits the lion's den. He naps beside the lion, meets the lioness, plays with the cubs.Then one day traders come looking for lion cubs. Joseph sees his father near the den, and fears the worst. His father has betrayed the lion. But Joseph is mistaken. When his father was a boy, he too had spent his noontimes with the lion. And he had hidden the cubs to save them from the traders. "The time of the lion", he tells Joseph,...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 32 pages
- ISBN: 9781885223838 / 1885223838
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In this tale set in Africa, a boy, Joseph, befriends a lion, but keeps it a secret. All summer Joseph spends with the lion, his lioness, and their cubs. Then traders come to the village, wanting to capture lion cubs to sell. How can Joseph protect the cubs, and will his father help the traders? Read and find out! What I really loved... This story is of a young boy who hears the calling of a lion whilst lying in bed. Ignoring the advise of his father, Joseph finds the lion and forms an unbreakable bond. In doing so, he must defend his new friend's cubs against the poachers and merchants who would seek to profit from them. The resolution is one which Joseph could not... This is a beautiful book both for its slightly-abstract illustrations and its embellishments that imitate African decorative art. The idea of sleeping with lions is magical, and the danger of traders stealing the cubs to sell adds tension, but I don't think the conclusion that the boy is right and his father wrong will sit well with...
