Deep in the jungle

by Dan Yaccarino

Book Overview

The mighty lion is king of the jungle--or bully of the jungle, depending on who's telling the story. He demands that the monkeys fan him with giant leaves, the leopards bring him food, and the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439216265
• ISBN13: 9780439216265
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Missing page

My child loves this book it’s her favorite but when I purchased it it was missing a page and many were not attached.

Fun, funny, and a good lesson

OK, yes, the lion does eat the lion tamer, but it's not gory in ANY way, and really, he had it coming (wink). Don't be put off by this! It's really a great story, nicely illustrated, and teaches a good lesson. My 4yo twins understood that eating your oppressor is not an acceptable approach in real life--they understood the humor, and really got the lesson that being bossy is not the way to go through life if you want to have friends. I highly recommend this one.

Bossy!

I got this for my 2 1/2yr old, she loves it! The illustrations are catchy and the content, well its allabout bossiness and where it gets ya,,,,this book is humourously different! yeah, the lion eats the tamer, but its all about what goes around comes around....the lion learns that friends are more important than anything! Great book!

Showbiz you know

Dan Yaccarino's illustrations of animals and people, rather geometric in shape and in matte primary colors, goes perfectly with the simple story line of a lion who leaves his wild home for fame at the circus. The lion, who at first regards the man he meets as a 'lovely dinner', is flattered by the man and persuaded to be a 'big star'. He goes along with the man, who is shown to be a lion tamer, and soon finds out that it is the man who gets all the applause! When the lion tamer quotes the rules of showbiz and cracks his whip, the lion counters with the law of the jungle and finally has his dinner. He decides to go home along the way saving other animals, who he bullied before, and finds happiness just being himself. A fun story that does not show animals as being cutesy.