Library Lion

An affectionate storybook tribute to that truly wonderful place: the library. This special edition includes a poster with brand-new artwork on the reverse of the jacket! Miss Merriweather, the head librarian, is very particular about rules in the library. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But when a lion comes to the library one day, no one is sure what to do. There aren't any rules about lions in the library. And, as it turns out, this lion seems very well suited to library visiting. His big feet are quiet on the library floor. He makes a comfy backrest for the children at story hour. And he never roars in the library, at least not anymore. But when something terrible happens, the lion quickly comes to the rescue in the only way he knows how. Michelle Knudsen's disarming story, illustrated by the matchless Kevin Hawkes in an expressive timeless style, will win over even the most ardent of rule keepers.

Michelle Knudsen is the New York Times best-selling author of Library Lion and Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten, both illustrated by Kevin Hawkes; as well as the Trelian middle-grade fantasy trilogy, the Evil Librarian YA horror-comedy trilogy, and many other books for young readers. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Kevin Hawkes is the illustrator of more than forty books for children, including Library Lion and Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten, both by Michelle Knudsen; Weslandia by Paul Fleischman; and The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Godol by Arthur A. Levine. Kevin Hawkes lives in southern Maine.