Johnny Lion's Bad Day

by Edith Thacher Hurd

Book Overview

Johnny Lion is back, this time with a bad cold. Johnny is given a dose of bad medicine, which causes him to have a bad dream. Edith Thacher Hurd's lively text is accompanied by the illustrations of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: B000MZ1V6A
• Release Date: January 1970
• Publisher: HARPER & ROW
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Twisted!

This is my favorite twisted children's book. Ostensibly, it is a story about a child who is sick in bed and has bad dreams. It all ends happily. It's a fine book to share with your children.But, you could read it this way... Johnny Lion is sick in bed and, after taking some "bad red medicine" begins to hallucinate. He sees an owl and a giant bunny in his room. His mother and daddy keep pushing the bad red medicine on him: "'Oh no,'said Johnny Lion. 'I do not want any more of that red medicine.' Johnny Lion did not want any more owls. He did not want any more red rabbits. But Father Lion said, 'Yes, you must take your medicine.' So the little lion opened his mouth wide and took the medicine."Later he comes down from his "bad red medicine" high and has a nice dream: "He dreamed he was a big big lion...He had a big, big yellow mane. He dreamed he had big, big paws. He dreamed he had a big, huge mouth and big white teeth...Then he ran into Mother and Father Lion's room. The big, huge lion opened his moth wide and went, 'ROAR!' 'Oh, oh, oh,' said Father Lion. 'Help, help help!' cried Mother Lion."That's what they get for pushing that bad red medicine! What a sweet dream: " 'Good morning,' someone said. It was Mother Lion. 'Did you have sweet dreams?' Father Lion said. 'Oh yes, indeed,' Johnny Lion said.A great book. It's twisted and I love it. You will too.