- Hardcover: 40 pages
- Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) (Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0763611751
- ISBN-13: 978-0763611750
- Product Dimensions: 30.1 x 26.3 x 1.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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Format:Hardcover
When Jim faces life-saving surgery, he's frightened that he may never wake up. But with the help of his nurse, he finds his keeper, the lion, and goes to the operating theatre knowing he'll be there to help. I wish we'd had this book when my son faced a series of operations and so does he. It should be in every children's ward alongside a box of painted stones for young patients to hold.
Format:Hardcover
To illustrate that this book is not just for children facing hospital, I introduced this book to my aliens and martial arts obsessed (and not in the least hospitalised) son with
"I think that the man who wrote this story must have known a little boy who was going to hospital, and who was feeling scared, and I think he must have written this for that little boy".
When I finished, he asked me to read it to him again, and then fell asleep on the final page. Anecdotal evidence maybe, but good enough for this dad.
This book is a very special combination of a moving story (that happens to illustrate, in child's terms, a great technique for dealing with fear) and lovingly large and beautiful illustrations.
I really care about good children's books, but this is the first time I've felt that five stars weren't enough, for something that's rather more than just a good book. I'll be returning my copy to the library where maybe someone who needs it more will find it. But please bring it back into print.
"I think that the man who wrote this story must have known a little boy who was going to hospital, and who was feeling scared, and I think he must have written this for that little boy".
When I finished, he asked me to read it to him again, and then fell asleep on the final page. Anecdotal evidence maybe, but good enough for this dad.
This book is a very special combination of a moving story (that happens to illustrate, in child's terms, a great technique for dealing with fear) and lovingly large and beautiful illustrations.
I really care about good children's books, but this is the first time I've felt that five stars weren't enough, for something that's rather more than just a good book. I'll be returning my copy to the library where maybe someone who needs it more will find it. But please bring it back into print.
Format:Hardcover
Jim's Lion is a great book for children who, for whatever reason, have to be in hospital and need something to cling to while in a foreign, frightening environment. The main character, Jim, has to have surgery. Clearly understanding the life-threatening situation he is in, he is afraid, of course. When Nurse Bami provides him with a piece of African wisdom (that every person has a "keeper" who will be a reliable guide and companion through every difficult situation in life) and a stone to hold on to (psychologically and literally), however, her story and Jim's belief in it become essential for his recovery. If your child ever has to go to hospital, this might prove a good source to qicken recovery!
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