A woman describes her experiences raising an orphaned lion cub intending that it eventually return to the jungle.

While civil war looms in Oz, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, a figure known as Brrr - the Cowardly Lion - arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. Abandoned as a cub, his path from infancy is no Yellow Brick Road. In the wake of laws that oppress talking animals, he avoids a jail sentence by agreeing to serve as a lackey to the warmongering Emperor of Oz. Chronicling...

When the door to his house at the zoo is left open a lion decides to visit his friends, but he quickly learns that people are not nearly as polite or friendly in town as when they visit him at the zoo.

Mufasa, a cub lost and alone, meets a sympathetic lion named Taka, the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of a group of misfits searching for their destiny.

A lion starts visiting the local library but runs into trouble as he tries to both obey the rules and help his librarian friend.

"Learning to be a lion takes some serious lessons, but luckily, this kid has a teacher who is a real pro"-- Provided by publisher.

In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even a small creature is capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.

"Haunting and provocative . . . Rowland's writing is compelling and masterful." -Delia Ephron, author of The Lion Is In Once, there were many transcriptionists at the Record, a behemoth New York City newspaper, but new technology has put most of them out of work. So now Lena, the last transcriptionist, sits alone in a room--a human conduit, silently turning reporters' recorded stories into print--until the day she encounters a story so shocking...

""Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about the fighting abilities of lions and hyenas. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher.

"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces lions to young readers through leveled text and related photos"-- Provided by publisher.