The Lion Who Had Asthma

By Jonathan London

Book Overview

Sean roars like a lion. But the lion who is Sean has asthma, and suddenly it's hard for him to breath. The whole family pitches in to help deliver the treatment, and soon Sean is King of the Jungle again--roaring louder than ever.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807545600
• ISBN13: 9780807545607
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.4" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Really helped my 2.5 year old deal with his asthma

My son is 2.5 and recently diagnosed with reactive airway disease. He really enjoys this book, and it has helped us talk to him about his breathing. Sometimes we ask him if he feels like the lion or if the lion is scared. It also seems to help when he doesn't want to use his nebulizer.

Wonderful Book!

My son developed asthma at 7 months of age after being hospitalized with RSV. He is now only 1 years old, but does enjoy this book as much as a 1 year old can. The reason I bought it was for my 3 year old who had many questions about why his little brother had to have breathing treatments, wasn't feeling well, etc. This book was perfect. Not too medical in it's terms, adorable illustrations, lovely story line about using fantasy to make treatments better. I can't wait until my 1 year old is old enough to really enjoy and understand it. I highly recommend it for parents of asthmatics, or any one with young children who are around other children with asthma.

The Lion who had Asthma

This is a great book to help kids with Asthma realize that breathing treatments with a nebulizer are not always fun -- but they can turn it into fun just like the boy in the book. My daughter had a different view of the required breathing treatments after reading this book. We were lucky enough to come across it at our local library but Santa might just have to bring it for Christmas this year!

Grrr-eat!

I was so happy to find this book to read to my 2 year old! He doesn't like the nebulizer mask and any picture with a child wearing one helps. A story of a little boy just like him is the icing on the cake! The simple facial expressions help my son relate to the feelings he has.

Using humor to treat asthma

Our five year old son was diagnosed with Reactive Airway Disease at two years of age. Since then he has needed treatments with a nebulizer almost every day. Putting the required mask on his face had become quite a battle and made taking his treatments that much worse. Then we discovered The Lion Who Had Asthma. Our little boy responded instantly to Sean who is the main character in this book. The idea to treat the mask from his machine as the mask to a jet fighter plane was ingenious. Now we read this book during his treatments and using the nebulizer has become less of a struggle.Now to get the author to write a book about taking medicine............