Herbert the Lion

by Clare Turlay Newberry and Clare Turlay Newberry; Yumiko Sakuma

Herbert the Lion, originally published in 1931, was Caldecott Honor author/illustrator Clare Turlay Newberry's first book. Newberry's simple, now nostalgic illustrations provide a delightful... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765190575
• ISBN13: 9780765190574
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Smithmark Publishers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.3" x 12.4"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A lovely story

I've lost count of the number of times I've read this to my children...There is something so appealing in this story. It has a great sense of an earlier time and place, when "the milkman or the postman or the grocer or the butcher's boy came to the door", but my children love the child-centeredness of the story, as if they could express a want for something, like the little girl who wants "a lion, a real live lion", and I could be like the mother in the story who "one day brought her one from downtown". A nice story with a happy ending, good for bedtime.

Great read aloud!

I recently discovered the author Clare Turlay Newberry and am thrilled and excited about her work. Herbert the Lion is a delightful story about a little girl and her lion and all of the obstacles that they go through. At first I was worried that the illustrations would not grasp my kindergarten students' attention because of it's lightness. Was I WRONG! They absolutely loved the illustrations and story line and I lost count of how many times we reread this book, as well as other books by Newberry. You must read this book and other books by Newberry.

THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WANTED A PET LION

As a child, my Mother really longed for a pet lion and when she grew up she wrote this children's story about a little girl whose wish for a lion comes true. The original book and illustrations have been faithfully copied by Smithmark Publishers as part of their series, CLARE NEWBERRY CLASSICS..