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We're Going on a Lion Hunt by [David Axtell]

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by David Axtell (Author, Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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This charming version of a well-known chant takes place on the African savanna

In this beautifully illustrated rendition of a well-known children's chant, two sisters are looking not for a bear but for a lion—a lion that lives on the African savanna, where the girls go through swishy-swashy long grass, a splishy-splashy lake, and a Big Dark Cave. When they finally meet their lion, they have to run, run, run through it all again to get back home.

Young readers will enjoy the playful language and beautiful paintings that reset a familiar story in a far-off part of the world.

Reading age

2 - 6 years
Print length

33 pages
Language

English
Grade level

Preschool - 1
Lexile measure

BR260L
Publisher

Square Fish
Publication date

December 1, 2015
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Enabled
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Not Enabled
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Enabled
ISBN-13

978-0805082197
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From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Axtell takes a storytime classic to the African savanna, where loving sisters enjoy a day's adventure. With fruit, juice, and teddy bear in hand, they travel through towering green grasses under the watchful eye of a giraffe, swim through a dappled blue lake with zebras and a flamingo, and pull each other through a squishy swamp unbeknownst to a hippopotamus. They wake the lion sleeping in his cave, and as he follows them, they arrive home and shut the door safely. The adventure has neither dampened their spirits nor muddied their white anklets. Axtell's sun-soaked, impressionistic oil paintings offer beautiful landscapes and engaging details, from wild animals who linger at a safe distance, to a dropped teddy that is retrieved just in time. Large figures on the page make this a good choice for storytimes as well as lap times. Like Michael Rosen's We're Going on a Bear Hunt (McElderry, 1989), this lovely picture book will delight preschoolers.
Laura Scott, Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, MI
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Booklist

A favorite summer camp chant gets a refreshing new life when two contemporary African sisters set out on an animal hunt. This time, though, they're after a lion, not a bear, and the landscape is a wide-open savanna rich with animal life. All the familiar appeal of the original is here. Each page begins with the same phrase, "We're going on a lion hunt. We're going to catch a big one. We're not scared. Been there before. Oh, no. . . ." The infectious repetition gives way to new obstacles to navigate--long grass, a lake, a swamp--before the lion is found and the girls retrace their tracks (lion in pursuit) and find home. In vivid pastels, Axtell paints the girls and animals running side by side, drawing the reader into the wild fantasy and gleeful terror of the game, as well as the delight the sisters find in each other. With its musical, easily remembered text and full-page illustrations, this will be a perennial story-hour hit. Gillian Engberg --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B016VJAZUI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Square Fish; 1st edition (December 1, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 1, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 14384 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 33 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #217,615 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #12 in Children's Explore Africa Fiction
- #137 in Children's Africa Books
- #730 in Poetry for Early Learning

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Every library at school and home should have this book

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2016

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Love, love, love this book! I tell the story every summer at my pre-school summer music camps. I use different instruments for the sound of the long grass, swamp, lake, and cave; plus a small glockenspiel can help children understand the concept of "going over" and "going under." Beautifully written and beautifully illustrated!

Didn’t realize when I ordered it was used everything is good

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2022

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I had a copy but a page was torn Perfect used copy good as new

My grandsons favorite read when he visits

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2014

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Richness abounds in this book as you can find so many things to discuss with the little one you are reading to. My grandsons favorite read when he visits,

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Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2012

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If you need a great book to share on a rainy day, this is the one. The children are very interactive as this book is read aloud. Great for all elementary ages!

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I do children's story time and the children loved it, I used a lion puppet

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2014

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I do children's story time and the children loved it, I used a lion puppet. The children had not heard this story and neither had I.

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Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2018

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Product was exactly what I expected.

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2014

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This is a great book. Just as I expected it would be. It's a fun to read book to kids. I hope I still have it.

Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2014

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One of my favorite books for little children. Bought it for my two year old granddaughter and she loved it!

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Dee78

My preschool loved joining in with this story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 29, 2020

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We all know the story of the bear hunt.... well I love this version more. Set in Africa, the two girls set off on a lion hunt. Beautiful pictures of the African savannah, and a lovely story line of two black girls. I shared the story with my preschool group who equally enjoyed the story.

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TeachUK

A Lion Hunt With Hardly Any Tale.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 11, 2019

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There is no comparison between this and the original 'We're Going On A Bear Hunt'. The illustration graphics in this run off are really very bad, the tale is truncated missing out two adventures along the way and the illustrated pages at the end are in the wrong order. Making it a lion hunt is a good idea, but once you've read the original it comes up lacking.

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lorna

Good purchase

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2020

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Item as expected, good quick service.

Mrs G

other than that it's a good story, my kids are familiar with the 'bear ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2017

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the last 2 illustrations are the wrong way round according to the sequence of events; other than that it's a good story, my kids are familiar with the 'bear hunt' version so I'm sure they'll enjoy this one

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Sen_sunflower

Engaging short story, lovingly illustrated.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2016

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Beautiful fluid illustrations that fill the eye, and an engaging short story with which you and your child can employ lots of hushed or LOUD voices, whilst telling the tale. My child is two and he really enjoys reading this book with me.

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