September 2016, Scholastic, 32 pages, Paperback, Review copy
Summary from Scholastic
Going to school? Aren’t you lucky! This handsome lion also wants to
come. Snacks, sports, playtimes: who’d want to miss all this fun? Sadly,
there’s one BIG problem. Lions aren’t allowed
in school. Every day, Iris has to leave her furry friend behind. But
now Iris is going on a school trip to the museum. Who says lions can’t
go on school trips? No one! Now it’s up to our friendly lion to prove
how good he is at hiding. After all, he doesn’t want to scare the museum
guests…
Nayu's thoughts
The
short answer is you don't! Iris is so cool to have a whole lion to
herself. He clearly loves her and doesn't want to be apart, but
understandably her teacher says no to it attending class with her. I
love how inventive he gets in hiding at the museum-I imagined spy
music playing in the scene when he was outside the museum, sneaking
closer to the entrance as the children went in. Iris is equally clever
in her genius way of making sure her teacher definitely didn't see
him, which would have worked if the lion wasn't so kind and helped
out someone using his disguise.
I felt so sorry for him and Iris when
he got sent away, but thankfully he saved the day! I like what
happened in order for him to save the day, because it gently
introduces younger readers occasional dangers on the road which could
happen to them but usually has a happy ending, unfortunately not with
a lion! It must have been a ginormous lion to do what it did at the
end, as Iris has a lot of classmates. I haven't read any of Helen's
books before but this is a definite reread!
Find out more on Helen's website.
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