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A warm and funny story about a family where the young son is sure his mum is a fierce lioness !
A propos de l'auteur
Swapna Haddow trained as a doctor, but after discovering she didn't like blood, decided on a career change and wrote her first book Dave Pigeon: How to Deal With Bad Cats and Keep (most of) Your Feathers, which won the Greenhouse Funny Prize. Swapna now lives in New Zealand with her husband, their son and their dog. You can usually find Swapna writing, reading or eating Jaffa Cakes. Sometimes you might find her doing all three at the same time.
Dapo Adeola is a young illustrator and character designer who is new to the picture book world. His first book, Look Up! was written by Nathan Bryon and published by Puffin in June 2019 to great acclaim. Born in Britain and of Nigerian heritage, Dapo's work tends to revolve around creating characters and imagery that challenge gender norms and equality politics in a fun and upbeat manner.
An avid believer in the importance of equal representation in the creative arts, Dapo runs illustration and character design based workshops with children in and out of schools to help highlight the possibilities of a career in illustration to inner city children of various ethnicities. Dapo lives in London.
Résumé
A hilarious tale about a young boy with a wild imagination and his lively family, from exciting creative duo: Swapna Haddow and Dapo Adeola.
Run! Hide! My mum's a lioness and she's on the prowl
In this family, this particular young boy is utterly convinced his mum is a lioness. She has sharp claws, is faster than anything he's ever seen, and can catch him in a single pounce. When she not with the rest of her pride, mum is constantly showing him off and making sure you can hear her incredibly loud roar. What else could Mum be?
But sometimes, especially when this boy is upset or worried a lovely warm protective lioness embrace is just what is needed.
A brilliantly funny follow-up to My Dad is a Grizzly Bear written by Swapna Haddow author of the Dave Pigeon series and illustrated by the brilliantly talented Dapo Adeola author of Look Up!
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A warm and funny story about a family where the young son is sure his mum is a fierce lioness !
