Oscar’s Lion
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Oscar’s Lion
Oscar’s Lion
A magical coming-of-age story about a boy spending his first weekend without his parents . . . and the lion who comes to babysit him. Get ready to fall in love with this instant classic.
A modern classic beautifully illustrated children’s coming-of-age story - a Guardian Children’s Book of the Year
A magical coming-of-age story about a boy spending his first weekend without his parents . . . and the lion who comes to babysit him. Get ready to fall in love with this instant classic.
‘Beautiful, adventurous, powerful’ - Phil Earle
Oscar is a little terrified to find that a lion is going to be looking after him for the weekend. But when the lion lets him eat as many biscuits as he wants, and reads him his favourite story ten times, Oscar realises he might be on to something good.
Soon, Oscar discovers that the lion can change into different animals and the pair find themselves having all kinds of adventures! But before the lion has to go, might he have one more amazing transformation up his sleeve?
Oscar’s Lion is an astonishing and deeply personal book from one of our greatest storytellers.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780008424213
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 September 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: HarperCollins
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Benji Davies
- Illustrated by Benji Davies
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 12.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 180g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Adam Baron is the author of five successful novels and has, in his time, been an actor, comedian, journalist and press officer at Channel 4 television (as well as things he’s too embarrassed to mention). He now runs the widely respected MA in Creative Writing at Kingston University London. Adam lives in Greenwich, South London, with his wife and three young children. He wrote Boy Underwater (his first novel aimed at younger readers) because they told him to. While still in the flush of youth he knows what his final words are going to be: ‘clear the table’. Benji Davies was born and raised in Peterborough. After studying animation at university he spread his creative wings, working on a variety of illustration and animation projects. His picture books have won numerous awards, including Oscar's First Book Prize, an AOI World Illustration Prize and the Sainsbury's Children's Book Prize. He lives and works in London with his wife.
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