Andy and the Lion (Picture Puffin Books)

This book was odd at first it wasn't until the end that i figured out what was going on. The kid was inside the book he had checked out and I thought he was actually doing these things. But i guess this just goes to say that a good book should pull you in. The boys imagination is killer awesome.

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The art work was pretty cool it wasn't awesome. I would say it was cute.

I liked the book in the end because I could relate to the main character. i love it when book can grip me and draw me into the story lline. i love feeling like an innocent bystander watching these character's lives unfold before me.

This could be used for discussion with an older audience. Ask kids if they have ever read a book that just made them feel like they were there.

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This is a retelling of a fable you've probably heard before - it's about a lion who gets a thorn stuck in his paw and the little boy who helps him pull it out. The illustrations are interesting - I especially like the image of Andy and his little dog asleep in front of the fire. Andy, however,

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seems to vary from very young to adult-sized in the drawings - greater consistency would have been nice. The tale has a good message about friendship and helping others - but it's definitely not preachy. I think it'd be a good storytime book, but kids might be put off by the old-fashioned illustrations.

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andy helps the lion and the lion remembers him

Summary: This is a story of a boy’s kindness and the friendship forged between the boy and a lion. It is easy for young readers to read with chapter numbers built in to introduce the concept of chapters. The setting is an earlier America and a very simple way of life.

Personal Reaction: The

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imagination is a great and wonderful thing. The illustrations are done in orange and black set on a white background allowing all the action to take center stage. This is a great book for that beginner reader to pick up and get introduced to a story being divided into sections.

Classroom Extension:
1. A great tool to help get the concepts of kindness and helping others across.
2. Have the children use their imaginations and draw a picture of them with a lion.

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Appropriate grade level for this book would be Kindergarten to 3rd grade. This book has received the Caldecott Medal. This story is about a little boy named Andy who goes to the library and borrows a book about lions. This topic interested him so much. One day, Andy meets a lion and becomes friends

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with him, the lion gets a thorn in his paw and Andy helps him get it out. Uses in the classroom for this book would be to have the students research a topic that they're interested in, they could do a writing assignment on why that specific topic interests them. Younger students could draw and tell the teacher or a friend about something that they're interested in as well.

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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

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the thorn is taken from the paw. The book was first published in 1938, but my first graders were charmed.

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In this retelling of Androcles and the Lion, Andy meets lion on the way to school and wins his friendship for life by removing a thorn from his paw.

This book has been a favorite of mine for years.