The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks

About this book

Illustrated in full color. Beloved storyteller Verna Aardema is at her finest in this African animal tale weaving charm and suspense with a delightfully satisfying resolution. Peering down from her treetop perch a lonely lioness admires the noisily cheeping clan of Mother Ostrich and thinks "I would be happy to have just one child." So she leaps down gurum! and steals all four ostrich chicks. Accepting the lioness as their mother the chicks follow right behind he. Mother Ostrich is frantic! As she chases after the lioness she enlists the help of gazelle hyena jackal and mongoose. But which one can help her to get her chicks back? With art by Yumi Heo that blends primitive African and folk styles The Lonely Lioness and the Ostrich Chicks is a captivating picture book destined to be a classic.