Sometimes being different from everyone else is just plain miserable. For some reason other people like to make fun of those of us who are smaller, bigger, and smarter. They like to pick on people who they feel are more imaginative, more emotional, and more original than is 'normal.' In today's picture book you will meet a lion who is really small and who is teased because of his diminutive size. We also meet an animal who finds a way to give the lion just what he needs to feel better about himself.
Reach for the moon, Little Lion
Reach for the moon, Little Lion
Hildegard Muller
Picture Book
For ages 4 to 6
Holiday House, 2016, 978-0-8234-3777-1
There once was a lion who was smaller than all the other
lions. In fact he was so much smaller that the other animals teased him,
calling out “Are you a lion or a mouse?” when we was nearby. The crocodile went
so far as to say that the little lion was too small to be a lion at all. Lions
are “very big,” so big in fact that they can “touch the moon with a paw.”
That night the
little lion sat on a hill and looked up at the moon, which was so far above his
head. What would it be like to touch the moon, he wondered? One thing that he
was sure of was that touching the moon was not something he would ever be able
to do.
A raven saw how
sad the little lion was and asked him what was the matter. The little lion
explain that he was sad because he wanted to be big, big enough to touch the
moon. If he could do such a thing the other animals wouldn’t laugh at him anymore.
Was there a way to make the lion’s wish come true?
This charming
little story introduces young children to the idea that anything is impossible,
if you believe in yourself and use your creativity to find a solution to your
problem. Children will be delighted when they see how the raven helps the lion.
Perhaps they too can touch the moon if they want to.
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