Tell Me a Lion Story
Age 4+
Picture Storybooks
The reader becomes the storyteller in this funny, interactive picture book by author-illustrator Kara Kramer.
Tell me a story – a new one – and make it about a ______!
In this clever, inventive picture book, a child asks their father to tell them a story. But not just any old story, a new story. “And make it about a lion!” The dad begins, but the child interrupts again and again: “The lion doesn’t have to be SOOO BIG.” “Why is the lion so small? Doesn’t he eat dinner?” “Fred? I can think of a hundred zillion better names to give a lion!” Finally, Dad suggests telling the lion story together, and the reader is invited to fill in the blanks – and join in the fun. With lively, stylish artwork and plenty of space for imaginations old and young to add to the story, Tell Me a Lion Story is sure to become a go-to favourite.
Creators
Kara Kramer is an artist who loves to be in the creative process. In Tell Me a Lion Story, which is her first picture book as author-illustrator, she invites the reader into that process as well. “It’s a story continually being re-created by the reader,” she says of the book. “It’s a story open to infinite possibilities!” Kara Kramer is also the illustrator of the picture books Atticus Caticus by Sarah Maizes and Make Meatballs Sing: The Life and Art of Corita Kent by Matthew Burgess. She lives and plays with her family in Brooklyn, USA.
Reviews
Hugely (dare I say it without fear of interruption from a little girl) imaginative and full of interactive possibilities: a great book to share with one child, several or perhaps even a class.
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